When my place of business reopened after more than 18 months of me working from the central air conditioning of home, I was so ready.
Working from home was a necessary evil and I understood that for sure.
But I really didn’t enjoy the experience. I was always moving from one place to another with my laptop in order to get my work done. The wife and kids were also cooped up inside the quality heating and air of home at the time. So there were many motivations for me when it came to getting back to that zone controlled HVAC in the office. My return to that perfect commercial HVAC was short lived. I knew that the company had struggled through the pandemic and I was glad that they were even able to remain solvent. But in order to continue, the company had to make some cuts. Of course, that came with layoffs during 2020 and I felt really lucky that I didn’t get cut. So I was kind of stunned when I came back to the office and within a week, I to was relieved of my position. I got a severance package which helped me while I was able to process what was happening. And then it dawned on me that I could go out and compete against the company as an independent consultant. So I took some of that money from the severance package and bought a storage unit from the home improvement store. Once I had it wired, I had the HVAC company come out and put a ductless heat pump in there so I had good heating and cooling. And these days, I could not be more happier with my home office and being my own boss.