I don’t know how I ever lived in an age before smart thermostats.
When I think back to when I was a kid and all we had was the traditional dial thermostat, and then if we go back even further from that and talk about my parents’ generation when they didn’t even have heating and air conditioning systems, it seems shocking that anyone would survive! But the truth is, that was just the way of life back then and when you don’t know what you’re missing then you don’t miss anything.
I guess it’s funny how it continues throughout the generations because I think my kids are really spoiled being so used to having a smart thermostat. They’re just used to walking into the house and having the temperature being exactly what they wanted to be. This is because I have our smart thermostat programmed, because it’s a programmable thermostat, to come on and set the indoor temperature of the house to their temperature preferences as soon as they come home from school. However, on the other side, my mom thinks I’m spoiled because I’ve grown up with air conditioning and heating systems my entire life whereas she tells me stories about during her childhood she didn’t even have a heating and AC system. If she was hot they had to use a fan, and if she was cold they used to fire a place or a furnace. Depending on the time and what year it was. I think if anything that just shows how much HVAC technology has evolved over time.