From the time I was a little kid, I never really felt like I fit in anywhere.
While I was popular enough at school because I was raised to be a kind, nice person, I never felt like I was in a groove.
I figured that spending four years inside the radiant heating of my college dorm room would lead to me finding my bliss. But again, I was surprised and disappointed that I was still feeling so unconnected. That only got worse once I started my career. While I’m lucky to have found an interest that I could build a career on, I hated the environment of work. So I tried another company. The only good thing about that place was the zone controlled HVAC. It was still an environment that made no sense to me. I couldn’t understand just why we couldn’t pull together as a unit and work together. All the office politics and drama added to the stress of my job. After 15 years of forcing myself into the daily grind of going into commercial HVAC for 10 or 12 hours was killing me. So I pulled the plug. Seriously, I sold everything and put an ultimatum to my bosses. Either I work remotely or I walk away. Apparently, I have some value because they were happy for me to work remotely with only coming to the office a few times a year. Even though I live way, way out in the woods where I have to rely on a solar array for electricity, I still have residential HVAC. That’s thanks to the pair of ductless heat pumps that provide quality heating and air to by life in the wood. And finally, I feel like I fit in.