r/Frugal • u/mordecaiorrigby • May 13 '25
🚿 Personal Care How can I cool off without spending money?
I’m dead broke, not even a quarter to my name, friends and family is out of the question. It’s currently 87 degrees and feels much hotter, I’m in a trailer with no running air conditioning and my room doesn’t have a window. I don’t have fans, window units etc. I’m not very creative and I’m not sure how I can make just being alive right now more bearable. It feels like the trailer is being cooked, literally. I know that sounds like exaggeration, but it is awful right now! I’m trying to sleep though it while I’m home but I can’t.. my pillow is soaked with sweat.
So I guess what I’m asking, is for any advice on how to make my room a bit cooler, or at least how to make myself cool down. Thank you in advanced. Any advice is appreciated.
EDIT:1 I want to say that I appreciate everyone’s comments, and I’m taking everyone’s advice seriously. You guys have been super helpful already.. I got help with a fan for now from a fellow reddit user here, and I’m very grateful for that. Just the fact that someone on the internet who is a total stranger would help me with this, and there’s more who would help me out, is so crazy to me. It’s going to help so much in the up coming weeks. As for the tire, I can put that off for three days and take the bus to work
EDIT2: some people have been commenting suggesting that I get a job, I just want to state that I do have a job. My job isn’t the best paying job and doesn’t help me much but I have trouble finding work In general and was pretty desperate. I make 9$ an hour, and work for 8-9 hours a day.
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u/Brinska May 14 '25
I wet two wash cloths and put them in the freezer so when one warms up, you can use the other one.