06/21/2024
I can work anywhere. I just need my laptop and a dry location. It's one of the top three benefits of being alive today. I’m also a lot more productive when I'm out of my house since there are no distractions. You feel me?
A while ago my AC broke. I never bothered to get it repaired since there are places where I can go to work indoors, like grocery store cafés, restaurants and the food court in my local mall. And, having no AC obviously saves me a lot of money.
But, I have a few tricks to keep my house cool. First, I open all my windows when it starts to cool down. Last night it got down to the high 50’s. I opened all my windows and the temperature went down to 63 degrees at 6:00 am. This is my normal sleep time. (I sleep twice a day, 6 hours in the morning and 3 hours at night.) I closed all the windows just before I went to sleep.
• I close the doors to my upstairs bathrooms that have skylights.
• I leave the other 2nd floor room doors open b/c I want the heat to go somewhere.
• I close all the blinds on the south side… and keep the house as dark as possible, so it matches my personality.
Here’s the results:
• At 11:00 am, the temp outside was 78° and inside it was 68.
• At 4:03 pm, the temp outside was 91 and inside it was 71. I attached a screenshot that shows these numbers.
The temperature inside will rise to 74°. It may reach 76°, if it reaches 95 outside. It's uncomfortable for me to work in that temperature, so this is the perfect time for me to take a hike – since I need to walk 2 miles a day… and ‘taking a hike’ is what everyone is always telling me to do. As soon as the temperature upstairs is equal to the outside temperature, I open the windows on the second floor and then I repeat that same step on the first floor.
Yeah, it’s a bit annoying to run around opening and closing windows, but it forces me to get up and walk around, like you do when you need to walk a dog. The only downside is that it's uncomfortable for my friends when they visit. They’re imaginary friends of course, but I still feel bad. The bottom line is:
• I save a s**t load of money
• I’m more productive
• It’s healthier
• And friends that I don’t like are less likely to visit… and this includes all the imaginary ones.
Stay Smiling, Mike :-)
