Contraction

I have been noticing a reduction of expenses since I started being a household of one.  The biggest difference has been in the electricity usage although I believe that is for several reasons, outside of less human beings in the house.  Last year I paid the electric company for about 5500 kilowatts of power, meaning power that was not provided by my huge 48 panel solar array.  I was somewhat disappointed in that outcome.

So far this year I have only paid for about 1500 kilowatts of power with three good production months ahead of me so I should finish up using even less.  Like I said having less people in the house means less power and less water usage, which is provided by the power hungry RO system.  However I think the other two factors were getting the AC fixed and my 3D store sales going down this year significantly.  With the leak in the AC it was running more and more to keep the house cool.  Less 3D sales means less printers going around the clock which each suck a significant amount of electricity usage.  I also was not charging a Tesla for the last two months at home.  I’m not sure which item saved the most consumption but I am glad to see the numbers working their way back towards break even. I have also been slowly going through other household expenses as I come across them, doing a case by case evaluation of how necessary or worthwhile they are now.  Things that had justification or reasons before, no longer do.