It’s funny how life works out.
Of course, like everyone else, I didn’t see the pandemic coming. But it happened and I had to adjust just like the rest of the world. Almost immediately, the company closed the offices and sent us home to figure out how to work remotely. That meant no more zone controlled HVAC for me. And that wasn’t the best because I had to share my home with kids who didn’t want to homeschool in the central air conditioning of our house. Plus, my wife and I were both trying to share the office in our house but had two very different styles of working. Ultimately, this led me to making a space in the basement. The first thing I had to do though was to get some decent heating and cooling down there. The HVAC company came out and installed a ductless heat pump for me and that was the beginning. Over the first months of that summer, I started filling out that home office more and more. Working from home worked for me. So when the eventual layoffs came, I was ready. For years prior, I had planned to leave the company I worked for and go out on my own in a sort of free lance sort of way. Some would call it a consultant but I’m a bit more services oriented than just that. Still, I knew that I would have to start from home with maybe a pair of associates. So the pandemic sort of gave me a head start on what has become a rather successful gig for me. Besides the success, I’m just super pleased to be working for myself and following my passions.