Living without a temperature control system
Think small, people, I cannot stress this enough.
In America both of us need everything to be big, to be powerful, but we are a nation of hoarders plus collectors, who need greater plus greater houses to hold all of the pointless stuff that both of us accumulate, however after our divorce, I went through a major “purge” phase, but the funny thing is I never got out of it.
After getting rid of 95% of our possessions, I felt no need to get new ones. I began a more spartan life, starting with the easy, austere cottage by the lake I moved into. I don’t have a central a/c, although I have l earned that I don’t need one, however natural ventilation plus the winds of the woods will keep our locale temperate for most of the year. It may stay around 80 or 85 degrees for weeks on end, but once you get used to living without AC those temps aren’t so bad. For the winters I have a small wood burning gas furnace at the edge of our home office. I also have an electric stove for cooking, but this gas furnace is outdated enough that it can be used for cooking, for heating water, for doing laundry, as well as keeping the locale warm. I also have a space heater, just in case, although I haven’t had to use that in a couple of years thanks to our outdated stove. The biggest adjustment to living without a temperature control plan is just getting over yourself plus losing the habit of insisting on perfect comfort at all times.