I have my computers divided into two categories, work and play. My work computer contains only things which I need for work, and thus, I only do work on this computer. My personal computer contains only things for play. Lately, I’ve been waxing philosophical on what exactly it means to play on my personal computer. So, I’ve started a list of things I use my personal computer for.

• Email
• Instant messaging
• Social Networking
• Banking
• Bills
• Library requests
• Music
• Research
• Purchase
• Listening
• MP3 player syncing
• Personal photo and video management
• Shopping
• Research
• Purchase
• Deal hunting
• Entertainment
• Random web surfing
• Watching videos
• Games
• Planning
• Exercise
• Decision making / mind mapping
• Party
• Travel
• To do lists
• Video Diaries
• Public Transportation Schedules
• Directions
• Business directory
• Phone Backups
• Archiving
• Published articles
• Financial records
• Resumes
• Collecting
• Book lists
• Wine lists
• Tequilla lists
• Dancing
• videos
• research
• planning
• Non-fiction
• videos
• audio
• text

That’s a lot of stuff and I’m sure I’ve even missed some. I’m not sure if it means I overuse or poweruse my computer in my personal life.