# Never send a person your picture or anything else without first checking with your parents that this is all right

# Never agree to meet with someone you have "met" online without permission from your parents.

# Do not give out your Internet passwords to anyone (even best friends), other than your parents

# Talk with your parents so that you can set up rules for going online. Decide with your parents when you can be online, length of time you can be online, and appropriate areas for you to visit. Do not access other areas or break these rules without their permission. If you agree to these ground rules with your parents, there is no reason for you to get into trouble. You may also get ‘Blocked sites’ features like Krowser to make you surf through inspected sites.

Follow these rules, they are not there to stop you having fun, they are there to make sure you are safe online. Be a good online citizen and do not do anything that hurts other people or is against law. Always treat others on Internet way you want to be treated.

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Using templates can save you agony of recreating a cumbersome document over and over again and it can also save you time!

Speaking of time… TIME is something that many people complain they don’t have enough of, especially to dedicate to their computer.

I can not stress enough to you to schedule time with yourself to at least D-BUST your computer monthly! Make it a new habit and start working on it now. Pick same time daily, weekly, or monthly to D-BUST. Schedule it, put it in your planner, and on your to-do list. You won’t have to do everything that I’ve been writing about, especially if you take care of things, such as deleting or saving, as you go along.

Make your computer work for you, that’s what it’s suppose to do. It was meant to give you more time NOT take up more of your time.

If you are stumbling around a program, take and make time to learn program. If you have to refer to manual or call a friend for help every time you try to use a computer tool, piece of software, or hardware, it’s time to take time to get professional help! Hire a high school kid, take a class, hire a tutor, just get help that you need. Use Help feature on your computer to learn what you can about software or program. If that’s not enough, read a book and do exercises. You are losing valuable time if you don’t! Remember that time is money!

By taking time to D-BUST and learn how to use your computer to its fullest, your computer and you will be humming along in no time!

Smiles, not Piles, Janet L. Hall

The Organizing Wizard, Janet L. Hall, is a Professional Organizer, Speaker, and Author. She is owner of OverHall Consulting, and Organizing By Phone. Subscribe to her FREE organizing newsletter at http://www.overhall.com/newsletter.htm or visit her web site at http://www.overhall.com

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