I’ve been thinking of air recently. Specifically the air quality in my room.
Every time I come back home, the house air in the house feels distinctly stale, like it’s lacking in circulation, and a little moist. I have a few flatmates and the HVAC system cuts off after getting to the desired temperature, which means no circulation, which means the air I am breathing in is likely far from fresh.
I do often feel this sense of lethargy and lack of motivation, which I’ve often associated with the food I eat, but I noticed this week, that even when I strictly control the food I eat, there are still several occurrences of fatigue throughout the week. The next item to investigate then was the air. If the air feels old and musty, it could be the culprit! That which tries to stall my progress must get the axe.
I was also comparing my own experience to those of others in my room and friends not in my vicinity. My roommates also experience long periods of fatigue and fall asleep often. This could be due to the air quality issue I mentioned.
Another set of friends who are women happen to experience no such reduced performance, regardless of their HVAC running vs not running. Either that, or the effect isn’t pronounced enough to be of notice.
This reminded me of how women and men often sneeze.
As I understand it, this is because men generally have larger lungs than women and are able to expel far greater quantities of air than women are.
This leads me to think that men need more resources than women to operate at peak performance for extended periods of time. This could apply to air quality as well.
If this is true, then companies should hire more women, since they run more efficient than men. They should start doing that after they have hired me though.
This morning I was feeling quite weird and un-energetic and decided to open the window, and I do feel better now, though I can’t yet conclude that opening the window was the sole cause.
I’ll be getting an air quality sensor and collecting better data on air quality and it’s effects on sustained performance in front of the computer.