I hate how much money I spend on mouthwash and hand lotion.
Both of these things come in a wide range of options, from bottles that are cheap to ones that cost over $10 each.
I use special clinical strength mouthwash because I have a bridge where my front teeth are supposed to be. It’s essential that I keep this area disinfected daily, but I wish the clinical strength mouthwash wasn’t so expensive. The cheap mouthwash doesn’t even work. I can say the same for hand lotion. Most of it doesn’t even penetrate your skin, it just feels like a thin film that washes away as soon as you go to clean your hands in the sink. This is why I buy intensive healing lotion that absorbs into my skin and provides moisture for hours on end. It’s really dry in this region for most of the year, so having dry skin results in skin cracks that sometimes bleed. I don’t want my hands to be bloody, especially in public. I have to use the same sort of diligence with my air conditioner that I use with my skin and oral health. You can’t simply buy cheap air conditioner filters and expect your machine to last for the better part of two decades without problems or complications. I learned years ago that not all air conditioner filters are equally effective at filtering particles from your indoor air. Not only do these particles get into your lungs while you breathe, but they also gather on the evaporator coil in your a/c’s air handler. If too much dust and dirt builds up on the evaporator coil, it lowers the efficiency of your machine since air can’t penetrate the coil at the same rate. Eventually it may cause your coil to crack and leak refrigerant until the system is completely depleted of coolant.