When I moved to Lowell, Massachusetts it was for a job.
I wasn’t too pleased with the cold and the snow.
But it seemed like a good idea to go there for the extra money. Well a few years ago COVID happened and a ton of people lost their jobs. I was included in this. I hunted around and now I work totally from home. I am way happier and actually make more money. Now I stick close to home when it is super cold. Since I am home so much I have invested heavily in my heating equipment. It makes sense to have a good heater when you live in Lowell. It also makes sense to utilize a smart thermostat for being a work from home person. With a smart thermostat I can have low heating in the rest of the house. I make sure to heat the home in unused parts just enough that nothing freezes. My office is heated perfectly so I am comfortable. The smart thermostat has the heater turn on the moment I am in there and turns off the moment my work day ends. I also have the rest of the house slowly start to get warmer as my day is ending. That way I move from one nice area to the other. Slowly down the amount of heat in sections of my home has saved me so much money. My heating system also seems to be doing better since it rarely has to heat an entire house to 75 degrees during the winter. Working from home has saved much more than my sanity.