Well I have as of late put alot more time into bible reading(with different translation) with a more open mind without the Watchtower blinders and it has been very refreshing to me. The more I read about first century Christianity and the message they preached the more I realize just how off the the WT really is.
This was precisely my experience. I have come to realize how so many of the required practices of the JW organization are traditions of men, and are carried out by rote. There never was a centralized organizational structure that required everyone to comply with it's assigned treadmill of works. If one looks for some sort of spelled out organizational manual in the NT; they will look in vain. What's interesting to see is how the modern day Watchtower organization has very little in common with first century Christianity. It actually has more in common with fourth century Christianity.