I kept telling people it was an experiment: "We'll see how it goes this winter, " l'd say. I considered buying a small TV to keepin the closet and bring out on special occasions. B ut for all l was missing, I could fee lpositive Changes. I found myself reading lost of books. l had thought that l was too tired to read after a long day at work ,but not too tired to watch TV. Now l had more time to read and sleep. l also started doing volunteer work almost every week instead of every few months. l called friends who usually heard from me only at the hoildays. Sometimes l even enjoyed that rare thing called quiet.