In the winter, going without power is cold. If it weren't for the ambient heat of the other apartments I'm sure I would have lost feeling in my hands altogether. I cut the power to my residence by unplugging everything (except the phone, for emergency purposes only, I am obsessed with the idea that my father will choose to stroke out the minute I am totally unavailable...no one called). I put a cardboard flap in front of the bathroom light so that I wouldn't forget and turn it on during the night. I also used nothing with batteries for the full 24 hours from 12:20am Sunday to 12:20am Monday, with the exception of a wall clock I had no interest in dismounting and dismantling. I turned the thermostat down to 9 degrees Celsius*.

Statistics:
Number of hours sleeping without power: ~10 (including one night and a nap)
Number of hours out of the house during the time: ~4
Number of hours huddled under blankets: ~18
Number of hours reading in house: ~5
Number of hours cleaning, playing solitaire, taking notes, wondering if I was missing something of grand importance online: ~5

The hardest part of this was going without music or podcasts for a day. I usually run music or something vaguely educational in the background while cleaning or doodling and I felt far less efficient merely cleaning. I am accustomed to multi-tasking and that does not occur quite as easily when there is no one around and you don't use anything electric. I also, sadly, could not make tea, hot food or instant coffee because my gas stove has an electric starter.

I found that bathing by candlelight is really relaxing.

I went out to search for holiday gifts in the afternoon as time is running short and I am far behind. I had to take the subway, which uses electricity, but I opted to go to an outdoor market, rather than a store, as it does not use electricity. The ride was about 30 minutes long and I spent the time observing other riders and practicing reading Korean script rather than getting lost in sounds of my own choosing.

The last few hours were the hardest because it was cold and dark. Once I finished all available reading materials I could not think of much to do. I originally had planned to practice using nunchuks but the cold utterly sapped my energy and I alternated between curling up in bed and playing solitaire the old fashioned way.

I decided to do this task (and I just noticed the point value and am somewhat intimidated) as an inauguration to unplugging my refrigerator for the winter. I discovered that my laundry area/enclosed balcony is cold enough to keep foods in for the winter and decided to reduce my use of energy. I found a box fitting to act as fridge pro tempore and decided to stop procrastinating and just go for it.

The other reason I wanted to do this task is because I've become fairly addicted to having my computer running whenever I am home. I wake up, turn it on, make tea, and doodle around every morning. I have skipped going to the gym, been late leaving the house, and stayed up far too late on a regular basis because of senseless doodling online and I wanted to break that spell.

Lessons Learned
Indoor heating is highly underrated. I shall be thankful for every moment I am not in torpor.
On any given day, nothing particularly grand happens online that requires my attention.
Candle light is soothing but hard on the eyes when reading.

NOTE: I admit that 250 points is a lot. I have very mixed feelings about the point value. On the off chance anyone was enticed to vote for this I would discourage it as 250 is more than enough for an activity that lacked any great epiphanies. If you have considered completing this task I would suggest doing it with a friend and going back in time to do it in the summer. Also, if you go back in time to complete a task you'll certainly get a lot of votes.

UPDATE: Milk, with the lowest fault tolerance of all the foods, has survived a day in my box fridge. I'm surprised. It is not ice-cold as it would be with the appliance fridge but it has not gone sour.

*Traditional Korean heating involves heating water and running it through pipes under the floors, I was warned not to turn the thermostat entirely off in the winter.