Owning a house has really changed my perspective on many things. Things I've always taken for granted and never thought of while renting. For example, water. My bathroom sink will drip if you don't turn off the facet just right, and I try to avoid doing small loads of laundry. I'm more aware when I tend to leave doors open, even if for just a second, and I recently had a thermostat installed that runs on a pre-set schedule to help keep heat costs down.
One thing that has always bothered me; as a homeowner or renter, is leaving lights on in a room you are done in. Now let me also state that with respects to this topic I am slightly hypocritical as I still have a hard time sleeping at night without my TV on as a nightlight, and I have been known to turn my bedside light on so I do not have to walk into a dark room when I go to bed.
I was in Girl Scouts when I was a little girl, and I remember we were given a list of things, that if completed we received a badge. One of them was "turn off lights in a room that is no longer in use". So with that said, I blame Girl Scouts for my incessant need to constantly turn off lights; maybe even if someone is still in that room.
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