Coming from a less privileged background, AC was a big NO for me for years. Thought it's just an expensive fan 🙈
And increasing the fan speed is all I needed. Took me a long time to understand the difference between fan speed vs temperature. 😆
And some extra time taken to realise that AC does not always give you cold. It depends on temperature, fan speed, external fan speed, direction of both, etc.
Now I know when I need it and when I don't. Peace.