So the cost of membership to the local gym just went up again this year.
- Much like everything else I spend money on, the gym has been hiking their rates as well.
This year, that just didn’t work for me. I’ve belonged to this gym for five years. That’s when I moved here from the city. I now work inside the zone controlled HVAC of our corporate offices. That’s where I had always wanted my career to end up. But our corporate offices are out in the boonies. I live in a small town now in a home with central air conditioning after living my whole life in apartments in a big city. It’s a big change but I sure do love being a homeowner. Having great central air conditioning, 10 acres of land and a short commute is awesome. Yet, living in a small town can also come with limited choices. This was the biggest bummer when I moved here. And the gym with its awful heating and cooling is a great example. I couldn’t believe that the gym was raising the rates again this year. They added nothing to the value of the membership. And this was after a promise that the commercial HVAC would be replaced. That commercial HVAC is just the worst and I just couldn’t justify spending more money for worse air conditioning. There is a small gym inside the corporate headquarters that I’m now using. The air conditioning is far better even if there are a limited number of machines. I just go in there to do my resistance training. Then, I get out of the air conditioning to do cardio on my own with hiking and biking outside.