If you are not very good at remembering to post out birthday cards and are always the member of your family whose card arrives late, then there are ways in which you can make the whole process a bit easier. Often as we get old our families start to grow, people get married or have children and our family starts to extend. This can mean that there seems to be a birthday every few weeks and if you are not very good at remembering dates and posting cards, it is easy to forget.

One tip you could try is to buy all your birthday cards at the start of the year. Write them all out and put them in a safe place. Then set reminders on your phone a few days before to post them. Often if you have a card there ready to go, you are more likely to be able to get it in the post on time.

If you want an even easier way to remember birthdays then why not register with a card company such as Moon pig or Funky Pigeon. Here you can add all your families’ birthdays to the calendar and get automated reminders before the big day. You can create personalised cards to send to people or you can send generic ones. You can often save money by buying in bulk and can even create cards way ahead of time for them to be posted at a later date. Although this will take some time initially, you can then relax knowing that everyone will get their birthday cards on time.