I didn’t go back to work because I needed the money, I just realized that I missed it! Thirty eight years ago I started my own business, and it consumed my life for most of my time after that.
After enough years, I managed to build it up into something notable, and then five years ago I got an offer for a buyout.
With the amount of cash being thrown at me, I could sell the business and never work another day in my life. And that lasted for a little while, before I got bored. I didn’t want to start a new HVAC company, I just wanted to get back to doing what I had done for so long. I live in a retirement community now, right on the beach, and everyone here relies on their air conditioners for nine to eleven months out of the year. That’s right, we don’t get a lot of winter weather, even in the winter, so the call for heating is weak. Air conditioner, on the other hand, is in demand every day in every way. I started letting my friends and neighbors know that I would be happy to look at any HVAC issues they might be having. I wasn’t working for free, however, all of my HVAC services came with the price tag of some pie and coffee, or a slice of cake. I love deserts, and it turns out the women around here love cooking for me, so I get AC repair requests all the time from people who don’t actually have a problem!