Understand the question
Reminders can reduce the consequences of forgetting, but an overflowing notification list can become another source of confusion. An audit begins with the commitments you actually need to remember: appointments, promised replies, recurring household tasks, or steps in a project. Separate a real commitment from an idea you may or may not pursue.
For each reminder, check whether it names an action you can take when it appears. A message that says health is less useful than one that names a specific appointment or preparation task. If a reminder arrives when you cannot act, change its timing or add the information needed to handle it later.
A practical way to evaluate it
Remove duplicates and expired commitments, and group related actions where that reduces clutter. Keep a written or otherwise accessible backup for information whose loss would cause a serious problem. Avoid storing sensitive details in a notification that could appear on a shared screen. The appropriate level of detail depends on both convenience and privacy.
After a week of ordinary use, notice which reminders you act on and which you repeatedly dismiss. Repeated dismissal may mean the action is poorly timed, unclear, unnecessary, or too large. Adjust that issue rather than simply making the alert louder. An external memory system works best when it contains trusted, current commitments and fits your actual day. Its value is in helping you follow through, not in proving that you can organize every aspect of life into a dashboard.