The opposite held true when we lived in Minnesota. When individuals visited during the long sub zero seasons, being outdoors for only a minute or two was simply too much for them.
I think at times there remains in everybody a desire that we want things were easier and much easier to manage- that child of ours who is shooting themselves in the foot academically and resists all attempts to help them; that pal who does not care for herself and whose health is suffering mightily since she does not have discipline and self control about what she consumes and consumes. We find again and again that the only person we can manage is our own self. We wish to help others but fail to bring about necessary Climate change solutions.
You can use door draft blockers around all your windows too and they will safeguard your pocketbook while keeping all those drafts at bay. It's difficult to see the mini cracks that trigger the problems at first, however that does not mean that you can overlook them.
All of this is not to frighten anyone or cause total loss check here of hope, but rather to get people to not neglect the reality that we are residing in unmatched times. The next 10 to 20 years will differ from anything we have actually experienced before on this world.
What you hit is a bump in life. It happens to everybody. When, it occurs more than. It's "The Dip." If you want to stay on this path (which may be a cul-de-sac) or to morph into something completely different, you have to decide.
Last but not least a fun little project which can astonish kids and probably you can add a science lesson to it, is the sun tea. Get a huge glass jar and fill it up with water, then you add the tea bags and close it shut with a top. As a last action you need to put it to a location where the sun is shinning and leave it for a couple of hours. For this you won't be requiring any oven or microwave to heat up the taste and the water will be outstanding.