Health

I’m Too Cheap to Take a Hot Shower

Actually, it just feels good

Photo by Boris Smokrovic on Unsplash

“Listen to the birdies, cheap, cheap, cheap!”

That‘s what a neighbor would say to his children when they wanted anything he didn’t want to buy for them. He thought it quite funny; his children did not. I felt a bit sorry for them.

Who’s a cheapskate?

I am definitely not a skinflint, but there are things I do that would look that way to an outside observer. For example, we have our thermostats programmed to turn the heat down to 62 (Fahrenheit) at bedtime. The cost savings are minimal, but there are real health benefits.

Sleeping In a Cold Room May Be Better for Your Health

I hate wasting water

I will not run our sprinkler system until the grass is fully brown. That’s not because of cost; water is actually oddly inexpensive in our town. I am just opposed to lawns for ecological reasons and think water is too precious to waste on grass.