If you didn't
already know, my family and I live off-grid. I'll have a series
about our experiences starting sooner or later. Suffice it to say,
for the purposes of this post, that we have a small solar energy
generation system, so we choose to live without certain amenities
that most folks consider necessities. Admittedly, many of those
amenities are almost necessities once you live with them long enough,
but most are not actually necessary to sustain life. Thankfully we
do have running water. And hot water. Those two amenities are
“necessities” to and for me.
We choose to do
without central air. Really, the only air moving we have is when we
choose to use it are the fans we have. Most of the time, if it's
hot, instead of using fans, we go outside. Amazingly, perhaps, it's
almost always cooler outside… in the shade, of course.
One of the
unexpected difficulties of being a writer and business owner in my
situation (off-grid, choosing no central air) is the intolerance
electronics have to the heat! Did you know? Have you experienced an
overheating laptop, tablet, or phone? I've literally worked with
these devices on cold pads I've jimmy-rigged together so that I could
continue to work. Some days I do interpret electronics overheating
as my break time. But if I did that all summer long, I wouldn't get
any “platform” maintenance done, much less writing anything in
any of the works in progress I have going. There would be no social
media updating or checking on my down-line via the internet without
the electronics that so disdain the heat!
Thankfully, I do
have enough scheduled ahead in much of my platform and other business
social media that I don't have to worry about taking a break for a
day (or few) here and there. It is definitely important to schedule
ahead to be prepared!
Have you experienced
any unexpected difficulties as a writer or business owner because of
the heat?
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