After I became unemployed I had to find other stuff to occupy our time.
Since our partner Max is such a genuinely successful lawyer, I didn’t unquestionably need to go find another task.
Max has consistently paid our bills for us, and did genuinely well for herself, so this wasn’t a problem for me, and I didn’t need a task, I just needed something constructive to do with our time. I spent a few weeks smoking weed and watching films all day, but rapidly grew fatigued with it. I wanted to tackle a long-ignored problem, and conduct a full cleaning of the Heating and Air Conditioning method and the HVAC ducts. I study anywhere that air ducts and vents need to be cleaned out every year or 2, and ours had never been cleaned in the 6 years Max and I lived here. I started by taking the air vents off of the walls, one at a time. Once I had the outer grates unfastened I had a clear view into the depths of the HVAC duct, and I was repulsed by what I saw. This house had never gotten these HVAC duct cleaned out before, and the amount of dust, dander, and detritus inside was shocking. I obtained a more modern Swiffer with an extended pole for a handle so I could reach deeply into the air ducts and start to scrub away the grime. It was a lot harder than I expected it to be! When I was done, I had to go to the next air vent and repeat the process. I never realized this house had this many air vents, or this much HVAC duct.