Working remotely comes with some schedule changes in the Summer.
This is something that I learned three years at the height of the pandemic.
It was also the time that I first worked anywhere but inside the zone controlled HVAC of the office. I loved the heating and cooling in that place. Being dressed professionally can be pretty miserable if there isn’t a priority on quality heating and air in the office. While I still miss that zone controlled HVAC in that office, I sure don’t miss the suits. And I don’t miss the office environment as a whole either. Once I figured out the rhythm of working remotely from the central air conditioning of my home, my work really improved. That made it easy for me to just stay home when the office reopened. However, when the Summer months get here, I have to change up my schedule since I have to pay for the air conditioning in my home. In the Summer, I like to get up well before dawn to get started on my work for the day. Most of my work is done by deadline and I also collaborate with others. So getting started early allows me to get much of my work done prior to the peak heating hours of the day. Once lunchtime rolls around, I put work on hold and get into air conditioning that I don’t have to pay for. This is the time I do my errands and enjoy the commercial HVAC of stores where I shop. I keep the thermostat near 80 during the peak heating hours. So when I come home, I crank the fans and catch up on the emails for the day before the smart thermostat starts cooling the house down.