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 like the rest of the world. Almost instantly, the company closed the offices, sending us to our homes as they figured out how to operate remotely. That meant no more zone controlled air conditioners for me. And that wasn’t the best because I had to share my apartment office with the kids who didn’t want to study from a different place in the house despite having a good central air conditioning unit in our house. My wife and I were both trying to share the office in our household but our working styles clashed. Ultimately, this led me to consider making a space in the basement. The first thing I had to do though was to get some reliable heating and cooling down there. The HVAC company came and installed a ductless heat pump for me at the start of this renovation. Over the first months of that summer, I started filling out that apartment office more and more. Working from the apartment 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 to go out on my own. This would be some kind of consultant job but more towards services. Even so, I knew that I would have to start from an apartment with a few partners. So the pandemic sort of gave me a head start on what has become a rather successful gig for me. Besides my success, I’m just super pleased to be working for myself and keeping up with my passions.
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