Our bodies do acclimate (and disacclimate) to the heat, and it makes sense that as we get older and more indoor-bound, we lose that acclimation. There are times when I have to push myself to go outside and exercise or do yard work, but I'm almost always glad I did.
But some of the discomfort is real - summers are also getting hotter. I feel a bit sad that my children are growing up in a hotter world than the one I grew up in; heat that can chase even kids inside, more anxiety for us parents about their health and safety, and some days that are truly too hot to safely spend time outside.
In some ways it's comforting to know It's not in my imagination. But I do wish your generation and your children's could experienced the long summers ouside running free. We just didn't have indoor distractions.
Our bodies do acclimate (and disacclimate) to the heat, and it makes sense that as we get older and more indoor-bound, we lose that acclimation. There are times when I have to push myself to go outside and exercise or do yard work, but I'm almost always glad I did.
But some of the discomfort is real - summers are also getting hotter. I feel a bit sad that my children are growing up in a hotter world than the one I grew up in; heat that can chase even kids inside, more anxiety for us parents about their health and safety, and some days that are truly too hot to safely spend time outside.
In some ways it's comforting to know It's not in my imagination. But I do wish your generation and your children's could experienced the long summers ouside running free. We just didn't have indoor distractions.
Your memories about the heat and growing up running around outside and being without AC brought a lot of memories back to me ;)
It's probably safe to say that if we didn't have air conditioning, outside was the better option. I'm sure playing kept our mind off the heat.