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Welcome, Nancy.

> postings. Is there somewhere else where it is more
> thoroughly 
> described?

http://www.everydaysystems.com

gives some "big picture" overview.

> I think I may
> have come up 
> with an Everyday System of my own in the course of
> reading all the past postings

Wonderful! That's the primary purpose of this group.

> past postings. Like a lot of other people, I have a
> problem with 
> letting my computer addiction absorb too much of my
> time.

Did you see the post about "weekend luddite?" It
addresses the same problem, which I also share.

http://everydaysystems.com/group/6

> the low battery indicator on my laptop popped up. It
> occurred to me 
> that if I charge my computer in the morning, I can
> use the battery 
> to control how much time I'm on the computer each
> day. When the low 
> battery indicator pops up, I'm done for the day.

I like it in principle, but one problem I see is that
the amount of time it takes for the battery to drain
could be quite variable, depending on what you are
doing, whether you remembered to charge it fully up,
and how old your computer gets, and that this
variability would lead to excuses. But there's nothing
like trying. Give it a monthly resolution, just as a
test. Maybe it will work. Maybe some critical tweak
will occur to you to make it work. There is something
attractive in the idea of having the computer monitor
itself.

Another idea might be to just set out a certain block
of time every day for computer use. Then you know
exactly how much, and it's constant. You can budget
better. Maybe your computer battery takes too long to
drain: it's hard to shorten that. But you can make
your clock block whatever it needs to be, and
experiment to find the best amount.

> Am I right in 
> thinking that all this needs is a fancy name to be
> considered an 
> everyday system?

Whatever works for you is fine. But having a memorable
name does help. It's easy to ignore something
anonymous, and forget something with a lousy name.

> I don't know 
> whether I'm allowed to point folks to other
> websites), but if you're 
> looking for some everyday systems to help with
> housecleaning and 
> decluttering, this website can't be beat:
> 
> http://www.flylady.net/

Post away. People have posted links to this site
before. Looks good.

> And finally, your post about your February
> resolution got me 
> thinking

Great! I think this is a very useful general
structure.. a system for systems.

> That'll have to wait a
> bit, however. 
> Right now I've got my hands full with NoS.

Yes, one at a time.

Good luck and let us know how it goes,

Reinhard

P.S. Ray, Deb I'll be responding to your posts soon.
Busy week...