Battery Life is Very Short Recently

Hi, my MacBook Pro battery life has been really dying quickly in the past couple weeks. My MacBook Pro is new as of December, and has only gone through 107 cycles. I am only running Chrome and Microsoft Word and a couple of other applications (Mail and iCal) as occasionally needed. I have been using my computer for all of 20 minutes now, running just Chrome, and I have burned the battery down to 82% and it only has 2:13 left. I don't really know what is going on, and I like to think that I keep very good care of my computer. Any suggestions as to why this is happening? I am currently running 10.8.3 with 4GB of RAM.

While it's normal for your battery to discharge faster when running certain applications.  Having your screen set at the highest brightness settings also plays a role.
Try this - set your screen brigthness down to 50% - turn bluetooth off if you're not using it.
Google Chrome does use up your battery resources - try using firefox instead.
With all those apps you have running in the background - it is normal for your battery to discharge faster.
Open up activity monitor (have a look at my screenshot below) - under " All Processes " not my " My Processes " see what using 10% and above in your % CPU section - highlight it and hit quit process.
See if that improves your battery life.
107 Cycles is quite high for 4 month old Macbook Pro.
You can keep it plugged in when you're close to a power outlet - it will not damage/overcharge your battery if you keep it plugged in.

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