I feel like I continually complain about being an adult, but it just keeps getting worse somehow.
I thought that my most financially unsteady times were behind me, but it seems like there’s a new surprise every day.
That’s why I started working out an intense budgeting system for myself last month. I was hoping I could cut down on frivolous spending if I tracked every dollar I made, and from there I could develop a brand new system for divvying up my cash. However, I think all this financial analysis has mostly worked to turn me against my heating and cooling system at home. You see, I realized within a few hours of developing my budget that one of my largest expenses was my home electrical bill each month. From there, I determined that it was my outdated heating and cooling system which cycles on and off all day long, that sucked up a ton of energy. I tried my best to cut down on my thermostat reliance, but even with the temperature continually set to a moderate 74 degrees, my energy bill was still astronomical. I called out my local HVAC technician and had the entire heating and cooling system and ductwork completely cleaned out. Still, my furnace and air conditioner seemed to run very inefficiently. That’s when I began looking into updated heating and cooling equipment. Soon I had a brand new energy star rated heater in my basement and air conditioner sitting out back. Finally, my energy bills started to plummet! Too bad I just blew two years of budgeting on my new equipment.