Don’t you find time passes so quickly as you click away on your computer?  I sometimes found myself looking up and hours had passed, hours – especially if the kids were not at home, when they are home that never happens.

I need to make sure I take a break every hour at least.  I got a kitchen timer from the dollar store and that was working well – kind of  noisy – tick, tock – but it did the job.  Problem is, I have one child who is a “gotta pick it up and touch it, whatever it is” type of kid.  When he is allowed in my office to use the computer, anything within his reach is fair game.  He touches it, feels it, rolls it in his fingers and inevitably he takes it with him wherever that may be.

After too many searches for the timer I decided there must be a computerized way to tell me to take a break – I am a Virtual Assistant and using the computer is what I do -  there must be a product out there that can do the same job for me  as my timer – but one where it can’t be carried away by my son.

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