There is something about challenging periods in one’s life where you find out what exactly is actually important.
This is a pretty important factor when it comes to tough times.
I try to remember this while I’m going through a bad stretch whether it’s inside the zone controlled HVAC of work or at home. When things are tough, you find out what’s essential and it makes it easier to simplify, let go and get through. For sure, the pandemic was a seriously trying time for most of us. And I’m talking about the people who didn’t lose loved ones or deal with the worst of Covid themselves. That’s a how other level of challenge. For people like me, be sent home from the commercial HVAC of the office to work inside my own air conditioning was challenge enough. Learning to work from home was tough but I figured it out. What was tougher was having my paycheck reduced and the bonuses taken away for almost 2 years. But I leaned into this economic stress by going through the household budget and reducing my spending. Then, I had to take a very hard look at just what was essential and what wasn’t. I pay a fee to be in the HVAC service plan run by our HVAC company. And that was an expense that I almost dropped. It’s not a nominal fee so having the extra cash would have been great. But the more I thought about it, the more I knew that reliable, consistent heating and cooling is simply essential.