Why a schedule beats willpower
Most people don't fail at hydration because they don't know their number. They fail because 3 p.m. arrives and they've had one coffee. Turning a total into fixed moments removes the decision: it's 10:30, so it's a glass. Our guide to remembering to drink water covers the psychology; this tool builds the timetable.
How the schedule is built
The first drink is the largest, up to 500 ml, because you wake mildly dehydrated after seven or eight hours without fluid. The remainder is split evenly across your chosen interval until 90 minutes before bed, and if you add a workout time it earns its own slot. Servings are rounded to 50 ml so they map onto real glasses. If you don't know your goal, start with the daily water intake calculator.
Anchor drinks to things you already do
A time on a list is easy to miss; a habit attached to an existing one is not. Match the schedule's slots to your coffee, your meals, the school run, the end of a meeting. A simple morning routine covers the first and most important glass almost automatically.
Let the phone do the remembering
You could set alarms for every slot, but a hydration app is built for exactly this. Realwater's reminders follow your active hours, skip a nudge if you just logged a drink, and go quiet at night — so the schedule runs itself and you just tap when you drink. For the evening end of the timetable, see water before bed.
