Save Money-set your thermostat as low as possible. Which means you want to live as close to the outside temperature as possible. The doesn't mean you keep the house at 33 degrees in the winter or 100 degrees in the summer. BUT the 70s are kind of high for winter as are the mid 60s for summers. If people could keep their thermostat in the mid 60s in winter and the mid 70s in the summer people would save a lot of money or heat and air conditioning. AND be much healthier in that both heat and air conditioning can dry you out which is bad for the lungs and sinuses.
I know too many who try to control their environment rather than themselves. You can control what and how much you wear, how you dress, how much water you drink. But to try to create an artificial polar opposite environment(pun intended) is expensive and not realistic. Nor practical. Acclimating to the weather outside is a much healthier and cheaper life style.
I know financially and physically able seniors who complain they can't get heating subsidies to keep the old house in the 70s in winter. They're upset they make too much anyway between social security and investments and yet they feel entitled to heating subsidies because they are a senior.
One key to keeping warm or cool is to be in good shape. Especially cardiovascular wise. The body circulates blood to heat or cool itself. If you want your extremities warm keep the blood flowing. Along with keeping your upper torso or internal organs the warmest. The opposite is true in summer. Keep the upper torso cool. The body's priorities are to keep the internal organs going first and foremost. I think it's easier to control what's going on in/on your body than it is to control the environment in an entire house.
I know too many who try to control their environment rather than themselves. You can control what and how much you wear, how you dress, how much water you drink. But to try to create an artificial polar opposite environment(pun intended) is expensive and not realistic. Nor practical. Acclimating to the weather outside is a much healthier and cheaper life style.
I know financially and physically able seniors who complain they can't get heating subsidies to keep the old house in the 70s in winter. They're upset they make too much anyway between social security and investments and yet they feel entitled to heating subsidies because they are a senior.
One key to keeping warm or cool is to be in good shape. Especially cardiovascular wise. The body circulates blood to heat or cool itself. If you want your extremities warm keep the blood flowing. Along with keeping your upper torso or internal organs the warmest. The opposite is true in summer. Keep the upper torso cool. The body's priorities are to keep the internal organs going first and foremost. I think it's easier to control what's going on in/on your body than it is to control the environment in an entire house.