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Invent Boston designs and develops original products to add science + whimsy to  every day tasks at home.   Our first product is a Two Minute timer, Two Minute Turtle, a visual timer. The Two Minute Turtle helps children and adults focus on two minute tasks such as brushing teeth, physical therapy, taking a shower and speaking (practicing a presentation or learning a language).

Got 2 Minutes? Get Healthy From Your Head to Your Toes. Take the Two Minute Challenge

Invent Boston™, Home of the Two Minute Turtle Timer™

Invent Boston™ blog offers tips and stories by parents, for parents of children ages 4-12 to make toothbrushing and other healthy habits at home, more fun. We write about simple tactics to help kids do what they like to do-touch, seeing, play games and strive for independence. We recommend products to help stay healthy while being kids. We share stories to transform daily healthy habits from something kids resist (for example, toothbrushing, handwashing, toilet training, organizing, taking time-out or pausing, yoga, and taking turns) into something children are motivated to do independently, without parents’ reminders. The original physical product Invent Boston has designed for families is the new light-up Two Minute Turtle Timer, an analog, interval toothbrush timer to make brushing teeth fun for kids. Kids like to press the button, follow the flippers and brush until all the lights blink—the Victory Lap signals to brush the tongue.

Got 2 Minutes? Get Healthy From Your Head to Your Toes. Take the Two Minute Challenge

Virginia Berman

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Take the Two Minute Challenge!

How to finally create that new habit? Or Kick an old habit?  With Two Minutes, you can do it!

What new habit would you like to start?  What old habit would you like to kick? 

Two minutes can make the difference between kicking a bad habit or not AND gaining a new healthy habit or not.  Two Minutes is an amount that we can ALL manage!  Two minutes is not TOO long but it’s long enough. 

I invite you to the Two Minute (Turtle) Challenge and to change 1 habit in your life. Now, let’s get started!  

Getting rid of a bad habit:

  1. Choose one bad habit you’d like to get rid of, such as biting your nails or spending time on social media.

  2. Keep the Two Minute Turtle Timer with you throughout the day.

  3. When you find yourself doing the thing you want to stop or reduce, then notice you are doing it.

  4. Find your Two Minute Turtle Timer-- press the button.

  5. Try to stop doing the thing you were doing.

  6. Breathe slowly. Be conscious of not doing what you were doing while the Turtle blinks, for those two minutes.

  7. Do that every day for 14 days, at least once a day.

  8. After 14 days, how does it feel?

Adding a new habit:

  1. What new habit would you like to start? Playing a musical instrument? Cleaning your desk? Making a list of your daily plans?

  2. Find the time every day when you would like to have this new habit become part of your daily routine.

  3. Set yourself up to do this new task/new habit at that time for two minutes.

  4. Set the Turtle Timer next to you. Press the button.

  5. Begin the task for the two minutes.

  6. Do that every day at the same time for 14 days.

  7. After 14 days how does it feel? Do you want to do more than two minutes?

Note: Some habits are addictions that may require more support and intervention.

I’d love to hear what you’re choosing to add or change in your day. Let me know at vberman@rcn.com . Give it a full 14 days. Email us a photo of yourself, taking the timed challenge. Good luck and remember: slow and steady wins the race!

Examples of Things Where I Need the Timer to DO, healthy habits:

  • Meditation

  • Stretch

  • Breath slowly

  • I use the Two Minute Turtle Timer to NOT do:

  • Look at social media as long—take a break.

  • Wait impatiently. When I find myself waiting (for the slow computer to start), I press the turtle, wait in a more relaxed way.

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