I like working from home and that has been one of the bigger surprises of my career.
When we were first told that our offices with the zone controlled HVAC would be closing due to the pandemic, I hollered long and loud.
Working from home in my own air conditioning was about the last thing I really ever wanted to do. I sort of ended up in my job due to fate and necessity. It’s not that I have this great passion for the industry that I’m in but once I got in that zone controlled HVAC, I found that I was good at what I was doing. This was a first for me as well. That’s where the necessity part comes in. When I got this job, I was sort of desperate to make a living after an attempt at going out on my own failed miserably. Perhaps that had something to do with me being good at what I do now. Anyway, I figured I’d just be a disaster working from home inside the HVAC cooling in our house. But it turns out that not only did I thrive but I really liked the freedom working from home gave me. It was great to be able to essentially run my own schedule each day. So when the offices with that zone controlled HVAC opened back up, I lobbied to stay put in my own air conditioning. And that’s my new normal. My work production has never been better and I’m hitting bonus every single quarter. Plus, I now have much greater freedom when it comes to my life and work.