One of the things that I loved about my house when I moved in was how the light moved through the house.
One of the joys I've discovered by being more conscientious about turning lights off, is how enjoyable the shadows and the sunbeams are when overhead lights aren't on.
One of my celebrations for the month...I've shaved another couple of kilowatts of my electrical usage. Last month I averaged 11.4 a day. I've been working hard on remembering to turn the computer off instead of letting it sleep. I've also been only using the speakers on my computer to listen to music, rather than hooking up to the speakers on the stereo.
And that leads to one of my sacrifices. There is definitely a difference in sound quality. Ah well, the sound quality coming from my neighbors is excellent. Now if I just enjoyed more of their music....