Timer for monitoring lapse of time relative to a total amount of allowed time

A timer to monitor a lapse of time relative to a total amount of allowed time, comprising:

• a body and a foot on or of the body, wherein the apparatus can rest on at least the foot;
• a sensor;
• a processor connected to the sensor and configured to monitor the lapse of time;
• and
• an output device connected to the processor, wherein the processor is configured to control the output device to generate a signal at least indicating the monitored, lapsed time relative to the total amount of allowed time;
• wherein
• the sensor is configured to indicate whether the timer rests on the foot;
• and
• the processor is configured to monitor the lapse of time, during which it is indicated by the sensor that the timer rests on the foot, and stop or pause to monitor the lapse of time, when the timer rests not or not only on the foot;
• and
• the processor is configured to control the output device to generate a signal at least indicating the monitored, lapsed time, during which the timer rests on the foot, relative to the total amount of allowed time;
• wherein the total amount of allowed time is at least a portion of a calendar unit of time, the calendar unit of time being an hour, a morning, an afternoon, an evening, an entire day, a night, a week, a month or a year, and the processor is configured to reset the total amount of allowed time only upon a lapse of the calendar unit of time.