When it comes to certain things, I end up just making dumb decisions sometimes.
In particular, if it has to do with my ego or money, I’m prone to not really think things through the way I should.
That was certainly the case when it came to a decision I made about my HVAC equipment. I don’t know what it is about me and thinking that I need to solve problems anywhere they exist. Even when I’m in the commercial HVAC of the office, it’s like I have this need to be the go to guy. And that’s just pure ego. This is something I had hoped I would sort of grow out of once I became a father and was in my late thirties. But I still have this need to want to solve any problem I find anywhere. Of course, that’s irrational thinking but my ego can be irrational at times. When I factor in money on top of that, I can see how I made a stupid error when it came to my heat pump. Not only did I want to solve the air conditioning problem, I wanted to save us money by not calling the HVAC company. Both of those were really stupid ideas. First of all, I have zero training when it comes to residential HVAC. But that didn’t stop me when I came home to find air conditioning not working in my house. I immediately started trying to solve the problem without calling the HVAC professionals. But all this did was make a bad situation worse and end up costing me not only more money but my HVAC warranty.