I am one of those people who tends to freak out about privacy plus personal space, generally speaking.
I do not like people in my room, looking at my things, or moving any of my items around.
I have an issue with controlling my environment plus keeping everything exactly where I left it. That being said, I’m trying honestly hard to let go of some of these anxieties, especially considering how multiple house guests my wonderful friend and I have these afternoons. I hardly have any privacy whatsoever, with all the humans rotating through our home. I’ve managed to let go quite a bit, however every so often I’m reminded of my underlying concerns. For instance, last weekend when our in laws stayed over plus managed to break our boiler within 2 afternoons. My friend and I were out of town, however allowed them to use our house for the weekend. On their way out the door, they thought it would be kind to shut off the heating plus cooling system to reduce our energy usage while the house was vacant! Little did they know, they would do a lot of Heating, Ventilation, plus A/C detriment with their wonderful intentions. You see, they are accustomed to living in FL heat. When they arrived, it was going to be only 60 degrees outside, so I powered up the boiler to a low operating level for extra warmth to keep them comfortable. They clearly didn’t realize that the heat was running, interpreting the slightly freezing outdoor air as indoor AC. As such, as they left the house, the control unit was bumped up to 85 degrees in order to keep the a/c from cycling unnecessarily. Well, flash forward to our arrival property 5 afternoons later… The house was burning hot, humid, plus stagnant inside, plus our boiler was a smoldering, inoperable hunk of metal. Our energy bill was through the roof, plus my wonderful friend and I have to replace our central boiler. So much for saving us money.