However, we knew that we could save perhaps several hundred dollars over a four months span.
I am surprised by how many things I am able to do without now that we are facing this pandemic. A nicely HVAC controlled home is thankfully not one of them. Due to the economic impact of the pandemic, our house has had to really tighten up the budget. Before, we were fortunate to be able to provide for our life while also being able to save a bit. My wife and I both come from big savings backgrounds. Our parents were able to retire because they were such good savers. But, my wife is now dealing with drastically reduced hours and I am working from the security inside the HVAC of our home. So, we are taking our saving to a new level. While we have always followed our budget, we are now being very strict about it and cutting where we can. A ready target for saving is the HVAC utility costs. In our region summer is really hot and really humid. That means lots and lots of HVAC kilowatt hours. This year, since we were all at home, we decided to be more proactive about saving on the HVAC. It wasn’t something we were all that wild about. However, we knew that we could save perhaps several hundred dollars over a four months span. All it would take is allowing the temperature inside to rise as it did on the outside. This was easy in practice but sort of tough to initially acclimate to. However, we employed fans to cool off our skin and we got through it. Indeed, we did manage to save a very significant amount of money on the HVAC cost.