I’m so lucky to be in a position where I can work from home, make a reasonable living, and never have to worry about fighting traffic or office mates throughout my day.
Previously, I worked terrible jobs that required being present during normal business hours, whether or not there was work to do. It was stressful and unfulfilling, and I constantly worried about the time I was wasting warming a seat. Now I can do as much work as I want to and arrange it around my real life schedule. I love my home office and find it perfectly comfortable for getting down to business; the only problem is how cold I become when I’m sitting at my computer all day. During the summer I assumed that the air conditioning vent was providing too much cold, dry air to my work station, and wrote it off as a seasonal discomfort. I would go outside to warm up in the sun every few hours before returning to the intense AC inside. However, now that fall has arrived, I’ve realized that the air conditioning isn’t to blame. Now we have our furnace operating most days, but I’m still freezing cold at my computer. I don’t want to increase the overall temperature setting, because it will affect the heat throughout the whole house. That’s why I’ve resorted to shopping for a space heater to keep at my desk. I’ll be able to uniquely target my work space, providing extra warmth for a fraction of the cost of operating our central heating.