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7 New Features in Time Timer iPhone App!
Seven new features will appear in the Time Timer iPhone App next week, giving fans of this visual timer new groundbreaking ways to manage and enjoy their time! See the Pinterest Preview. 
If you currently own the Time Timer iPhone or iPod Touch App, look for this free update in your iTunes soon. New users can download the $1.99 Time Timer App here.
Top New Feature
With this new update, you will be able to display up to four Time Timers at once, helping you visualize time for multiple projects, children or blocks of time simultaneously.
Check out the full new feature list below – features marked with a star * were suggested by Facebook Fans!
All New Features
1. *Name and customize your Timers.
2. *Save each Timer to use again.
3. Run up to four Timers at once.
4. View each Timer full-screen – or see up to four together on a single screen.
5. *Set by touch – or simply pick a number.
6. *Quickly pause, edit and restart your Timers.
7. *Awake Mode: make sure your iPhone doesn't fall asleep while Timers are running!
How It Works
1. From the "My Timers" screen, press "Add Timer."
2. Choose a Timer Mode: Original 60 Minutes, Custom or Clock.
3. Set the Duration, Number of Plays and Options. Save.
4. From any screen, tap the Home icon in the upper-left corner.
5. Select up to four Timers and press "Play Timers."
6. Tap "Play All!"
Check in tomorrow for more updates on the Time Timer iPhone App
New Year's Resolution: Be on Time!
Is your New Year's Resolution to be on time?
Do you know someone who's always late?
Scan this blog for five quick ways your Time Timer can help!
Add your family's ideas in the comments!
Being late can sound so glamorous ~
"Fashionably late!"
"Burning the midnight oil."
"The winning shot at the buzzer!"
... But it's also one of the toughest habits to break. "Time" is an abstract, intangible thing. That's why the first 20 minutes of your day can drag while the last 20 minutes of a deadline can zoom away in seconds!
Your Time Timer can help you stay ahead of the ticking clock.
That's how Time Timer inventor Jan Rogers uses hers:
"We attend so many trade shows in different time zones. I want to be wide awake and in my booth to see people when the doors open. So I set the iPhone App for 30 minutes in the morning to keep me from dawdling."
Have you met Jan at a trade show? Say hi on Facebook!
Keep that New Year's Resolution:
1. Improve your internal clock
Pick a manageable timeframe ~ say 20 minutes or a 1/2 hour. Display it on your Time Timer.
+ Spend part of your day (say, the morning) completing work in that timeframe.
+ Enjoy breakfast, write emails, schedule meetings and organize the house in 20 or 30-minute segments.
+ Over time, your brain will learn what that timeframe "feels" like.
+ Next time you're rushed with 30 minutes to go, you'll know how much you can accomplish in that time, reducing stress!
2. Do your driving first
This is surprisingly helpful.
+ If the kids are always late to soccer practice, drive there first, then do homework, games, even dinner while you wait.
+ If you're always late to work or appointments, drive there first then do your hair, emails, even workouts once you arrive.
+ Display your Time Timer in the car to help you de-stress.
Then, no matter how many distractions descend once you arrive, you're on time and not rushed.
– Remember: being five minutes late is OK. Driving while rushed is dangerous!
3. Maximize the first five minutes
Tempted to walk in the door, drop everything and chill? Not so fast! Maximize those first five minutes at home.
+ Place your shoes, coat, mittens, scarf, sunglasses, wallet, etc. by the door ready to go.
+ Leave most of your briefcase / backpack contents in the bag – take out only what you need.
+ Set your Time Timer for five minutes. Be sure everything is organized and easy to find.
+ Organizing in those first five minutes can eliminate frantic rushing when it's time to go!
4. Always leave the house the same way
This may feel robotic at first ~ but it'll help you be on time!
+ Using your Time Timer, create a 3-minute morning routine for leaving the house. Add 3 minutes for each family member.
+ Figure out which distractions are making you late in the morning, and set up a routine to avoid them.
+ Is it faster to pack your briefcase, then get your coat, then pull out your keys?
+ Get up & go in the same order every day. You'll minimize those distractions that are making you late!
5. Reward yourself
Tell people about your New Year's Resolution to be on time. It's one of the hardest resolutions to keep! Reward yourself for making every moment count. Use that extra time to do something you love.
Add your ideas in the comments!
Save Money with a Time Timer ~ Part !
You use your Time Timer to save time every day – but can it save you money too?
Time Timer Fans say yes!
1. 5-Minute Bag Check:
Those little essentials we carry every day – pens, lipsticks, snacks, coins – have a way of disappearing, putting a big dent in your pocketbook.
Every few days, dump out your backpacks, purses and laptop cases. Spend 5 minutes collecting easy-to-lose items and re-organizing them in your bags.
You'll save money long-term and avoid office-supply impulse buys!
2. 10-Minute Bedtime Power Down:
While you snuggle down for a good night's rest, your gadgets and widgets are still lit up with zest. Take ten minutes each night to unplug the toaster, the stereo, the TVs, the massage chair – anything that sucks huge vats of energy each night!
* DO NOT unplug the coffee pot. If you're like me, you need it to be awake before you are!
3. 15-Minute Showers:
Encourage the whole family to limit their showers to 15-minutes. It's great for your water bills and good for the environment too!
4. 20 Minutes for YOU (Yes, you!):
Too often, Time Timer Fans tell us "I don't have time to take care of myself." A Time Timer can help you TAKE that time.
Saving 20 minutes/day for your health can help you reduce future health costs and accomplish more each day.
- Set your Time Timer to 20 minutes. Place it outside your office or bedroom door so everyone knows it's YOU time.
- Do a 20-minute workout.
- Study your financial health and personal finance.
- Stretch and massage your hands – especially if you work on the computer all day.
- Relax and read healthy living tips, like "9 Grown-Up Health Lessons Babies Can Teach Us!"
Create all four of these Timers via Time Timer for iPad!
5. 30-Minute Fashion Show:
Ready to spend some of the cash you've saved? Before you shop for new clothes, take stock of your closet.
- What do your 5 favorite outfits have in common?
- What do you always buy but never wear?
- Do you already have 4 black shirts or 7 pencil skirts?
- List the colors and styles you already own that make you feel your best.
Then hit the mall guilt-free – knowing you'll come home with fresh styles and no duplicates!
Saving money and saving time go hand-in-hand. Use your Time Timer to help you save both!
And visit us on Facebook to meet people like you who Make Every Moment Count!
