Abusing Heating, Ventilation, and A/C after lacking childhood
I’ve been listening to a lot of motivational podcast recently, but for the past year or so, I have been deeply immersed with self-improvement and changing my mindset for a better life.
I know it sounds hokey, however I feel that it actually helps to listen to inspirational words throughout the day.
A lot of the times, these podcast discuss a mindset of “lacking.” This is their term for growing up in a house without multiple luxuries. Apparently, that causes long-term changes in your brain that often lead to disadvantage mindset changes. I have realized, I absolutely have a mindset of lacking when it comes to indoor air temperature control. When I stop and feel about it, my childhood was plagued with a complete and utter lack of indoor air temperature comfort. When I was growing up, my friend and I lived on a shoestring budget. My mom never wanted to pay more for our energy bills and she needed to. As such, she was obsessed with keeping of the Heating, Ventilation, and A/C system turn down as low as she possibly could. In the middle of winter, my friend and I had to wear coats to stay sizzling in the house without using the furnace. In the summer, my friend and I laid directly beneath fans because the air conditioner wasn’t running. As an adult, I am obsessed with using my indoor air temperature control appliances. I don’t go five minutes without increasing my temperature control. If I am even slightly sizzling or cold, I am going to utilize my heating and cooling system as much as I want. Since I grew up with so little indoor comfort, I feel I have become a bit obsessed with it as an adult.