Well, since the battery is NiMH, I don't recharge it until the battery gets significantly low (low battery indicator). Figure on getting about 1000 charges out of it before it dies. I've got original batteries that have lasted me many, many years going back to the original release.
Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labor is immense. -----Arnold Bennett