Wakeup is a small script I wrote to keep track of the little tasks I have to do every day. I have a nasty habit of realizing at 4pm after being immersed in a project that I haven't eaten breakfast yet. This script lets me know what I have to do every morning. Add this to your crontab:
0 6 * * * /path/to/wakeup.shand it every day at 6am a gvim window will pop up with your TODO list. Delete an entry when you finish it. Entries that aren't deleted carry over to the next day. Also, there are everyday tasks that get inserted every day no matter what.