So I have to sort of give credit to the pandemic for snapping that tie to the office.
I still can’t really quite believe that I actually made the jump to working on my own. That’s something that I had hoped would happen but then an adult life happened. I guess I’m not the only one to get stuck in a job once there is a family and a home with central air conditioning to take care of. It’s easy to think about being your own boss when you’re young and just out of the radiant heating of a dorm room. That was the way it went for me. I came out of college having a supercharged passion for working in my field. Unfortunately, starting out on one’s own in this industry is pretty tough to do. So like many before me, I took a job inside the commercial HVAC of an office to hone my skills and get experience. There’s really no other way around it. But for me, I guess I sort of lucked out because I didn’t hate my job and the office was a great place to work. I liked my colleagues and I loved the zone controlled HVAC of the office. Next thing I know, I’m married with kids and a mortgage. Suddenly, I felt a bit handcuffed to the office. So I have to sort of give credit to the pandemic for snapping that tie to the office. I realized while I was working at home that I really was ready to do this myself. So once we were invited back to the zone controlled HVAC of the office, I chose to stay at home. I had a ductless heat pump installed in the space that is now my home office and went to work consulting.