I add my name to the long list of those who lost their jobs due to the pandemic.
I know just how tough that is.
There were plenty of people who I knew that ended up having to sell their homes because they could no longer afford them. That’s not the case for me as I live in an apartment with mediocre residential HVAC. I was ready for a new heating and cooling method it would have come with a change of address. Still, I didn’t have an income and had to scramble in order to make ends meet. But sometimes out of what seems like a utter chaos comes just what you need. I was free from the commercial HVAC of the office. And I decided to go out on my own which is something I had wanted to do for a long time. I was actually thinking about freedom and liberation as I was walking out of the commercial HVAC of the office for the last time. I did get some severance pay as I’ve been there for more than a decade. So I took that money and started my own consulting business. To keep the overhead costs to a minimum, I started it in that apartment. That’s been two years now and I’m happy to report that I’m a homeowner these days. That’s how great the business has turned out to be. While I’ve hired three other people, we are still doing things remotely from the central air conditioning of our homes. It’s just so nice to be able to be my own boss now. It’s almost as good as having such an amazing residential HVAC.