The last year as well as a half has not been straight-forward on numerous of us financially.
I didn’t lose our job at the start of the pandemic, but our hours as well as our overall salary decreased as well as I had to work a part-time job to pay all of our bills on time.
Even though I have gotten numerous of these hours back in the last year as well as a half, our rent increased, our credit has tanked, as well as I’m finding that all goods as well as services are skyrocketing in price. This is due to a whole list of factors that are unfortunately having a negative synergistic effect. It’s not going to get any easier as the year moves forward. I have taxes on our home to pay as well as the weather outside is going to get colder in a few weeks. I haven’t used our furnace since May, but I’ll absolutely have it running again before I think it. This consistently results in giant energy bills until the Spring thaw. As a result, I am often living paycheck to paycheck every Winter time with these heating bills. I decided to get control of our Winter time heating expenses by getting a new furnace altogether. After looking at the many chances in our budget range, I chose a heat pump. They efficiently harvest ambient heat in outdoor air, even when it’s “cold” outside. Thankfully the heat pump exceeded our expectations as well as I’m finally out of living paycheck to paycheck for the whole Winter time heating season. I love the heat pump’s performance as well compared to a usual furnace.