15"  Retina Macbook Pro connected to a Thunderbolt Monitor

Can I leave the Laptop on when connected to the monitor and allow it to auto sleep or should I be turning the whole thing off?  Will it  shorten battery life?  I disconnect the laptop when I travel of course and turn it off,  but at home, I want it to be at the ready asmy home computer hooked up to the large monitor.  Any caveats?
Thanks

No caveats - I leave my ATD connected to my late 2011 15" MBP 90% of the time. When I go to sleep, I put the machine and monitor to sleep (I also have it set for 3 hour sleep in case I forget to manually put it to sleep). I have my monitor set to 'sleep' after an hour of inactivity.
Just leave it plugged up and let your machines rest when you do - a small drain of electricity but it's not going to hurt your battery life or anything.
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