I just savor getting lost in a wonderful book.
I have a kitchen with a fireplace & I spend most of my time in there sitting on my nice comfortable couch.
There’s no cable or video games in the kitchen either. I just want peace & quiet & to hear nothing however the crackling of the firewood. I like being able to escape from life for a bit & I can do this in books. The fireplace keeps me comfortable & warm & the crackle of the flames is really relaxing. I have to admit, on nights when it’s too overheated to use the fireplace, sometimes I turn on the air-conditioning just a bit so that the fireplace can still be used. I know this is a little crazy although I do like the fireplace bigly, but my fiance has asked me why I would waste energy on the a/c when I’m using the fireplace at the same time. She thinks it’s like using the gas boiler & a/c at the same time & it does not make any sense to her. I cannot blame her. This is pretty similar, however it’s not the same, but not to me anyway, but you do not get the same comfort from the gas boiler as you do from a fireplace. Besides, my associate and I all waste a little bit. My fiance prefers to take hour-long showers, for example, & I don’t bug his about wasting all that water. I know running the A/C & the fireplace at the same time is just the way that I am wasteful. Still, it doesn’t feel wasteful when I’m doing it.