Life is easier now that my HVAC thermostat is programmed Monday through Sunday
If you can find ways to streamline your life and your daily tasks, you’ll be a much happier and content person. I was a good example of someone who thought that making lists was a waste of time and felt proud of my ignorance. But since I started making shopping and to-do lists for myself, I’m rarely freaking out because I forgot the very thing that brought me to the grocery store in the first place. If I’m diligent about making lists on dry-erase boards throughout my house whenever I run out of something, I won’t forget the products when I’m out shopping. Beyond lists for groceries, I like to balance my work load each day with varying work schedules, giving me some time in between to take breaks for outdoor activities. Since I work from home, I have a lot of flexibility with my schedule. However, I realized recently that I previously wasted too much time adjusting my central thermostat when I can easily program it for every day of the week. When I open up the scheduling menu, I see an empty schedule for Sunday through Saturday, all 24 hours of the day. I started making heating and cooling curves. As the temperature outside gets progressively hotter, I have my thermostat programmed to slowly raise the temperature in the house by turning off the air conditioner accordingly. It still runs, but it’s given a progressively higher target temperature with my cooling curve. Once it gets dark out at night and temperatures naturally drop, I reverse my cooling curve from earlier. This way it gets progressively colder in the house while temperatures outside drop too.