I loved the article. On interesting point: "For the first few days I wallowed in freedom: no phone calls, no emails, no neighbours." Maybe she is talking about

I loved the article. On interesting point: "For the first few days I wallowed in freedom: no phone calls, no emails, no neighbours." Maybe she is talking about email notifications, because most email are text, so silence. But if you stop to think, when you read email, your brain can process this as an audible memory, so noise. Much like you read some author famous quote, and you can "hear" in your mind his voice. :)