Saving money with less energy overall
These days my budget is not flexible.
Prior to this I was able to live pretty freely with my salaried position.
I had free rent, and so I was able to spend all of my money on repaying student loans and pursuing some of my new hobbies. However, all good things must come to an end. These days I’m living on my own and I have a lot of expenses to consider each month – my heating and cooling is definitely one of them. I’m staying in a small apartment where I have to cover all of the utility bills on my own, so one of my biggest passion these days is finding new innovative ways to cut down on energy costs. Sometimes this means living a pretty simple life, but honestly I don’t miss all of the perks that I used to spend on. Right now I’m focused on lowering my energy bills as much as possible. I spend a lot of time alone in the dark. I also tend to keep the windows open so that I don’t have to use the HVAC system quite so often. I’ll be honest, it’s really hot out. There are some days that opening the windows feels like taking a plunge into the hot humid depths of Hell. However it’s still better than my old living circumstances were. Even though I can’t run the AC continually day and night like I used to, I’m still feeling a lot better. Maybe it’s due to the fresh air that I’m letting in instead of running my air conditioner.