Guardian is a terminal command that can be run to display an encouraging messages on all pseudottys (basically any terminal emulator) on a machine. In addition it controls a electronic "buddy" that blocks the keyboard to remind the user to take a break from the computer once in a while. Example Usage: guardian kitty "You can do it!" /dev/ttyUSB0 guardian trees "You should take a walk" /dev/ttyS0 To raise the "buddy"'s arm again use: guardian raise /dev/ttyUSB0 parakoimomenos is a script that launches a random guardian alert based on a list of tasks in ~/.guardian/tasks. Example Usage, to set aside some time on self care every day $ fcrontab -e 00 12 * * * parakoimomenos /dev/ttyUSB0 color Acknoledgements: The RS-232 library(https://www.teuniz.net/RS-232/) Teunis Van Beelen was used under GPLv3 to communicate with the Arduino used to drive the "buddy". LICENSE: This software is free software and provided under the Gnu General Public License version 3.