Don't bother trying to convince me to keep the A/C off during the summer though. ;)
Then there are those of us who exercise because we want to and don't need to be so cold that it becomes a necessity to generate body heat...
I am the exact opposite. I don’t keep my thermostat too high during the winter, usually keep it between 65 and 68; for one thing it is the cost (gas heat) and for another, I don’t like it stifling and stuffy hot and like wearing oversized heavy comfy sweaters and heavy socks when it’s cold. Fortunately I currently live in a 2nd floor apartment so I get some residual heat from the downstairs neighbor.
But I can’t stand being cold. I can’t think straight when I’m shivering and my nose and fingers are numb.
I don’t really like air conditioning so much but living in an apartment with no cross ventilation, it’s a necessity.
But when I lived in my old house in Maryland, my 90+ year old house had lots of windows on all sides, it sat halfway up a big hill with a lot of trees in back providing late day shade. The first floor had 12 foot ceilings and the interior doors had transom windows and every room had a ceiling fan. The second floor would get hot during the day but I had a big window fans on both sides of the 2d floor of house that during the day, was set to exhaust the hot air out and bring the cooler air from the first floor in and at night it ran the opposite.
Unless the humidity became unbearable, I found it very comfortable not to run the air conditioner. Plus I loved all the fresh air coming in and sleep better with a fan running – the feel of the air and the white noise helps me sleep.
Sometimes when I am cleaning during the winter, even in my apartment, I turn off the heat for a few hours and open up the windows and the sliding glass door and run a big fan to circulate the air. But as soon as I’m done cleaning, I close everything up and turn the heat up to 70.