When my parents told me what life was about, stupidly, I believed them. They always preached the importance of a good education, an enjoyable job, and a nice home. Settling down and preparing for a long life, leading to a miserable death, was the right way to live, they said. So, I got that degree, the right job, and the nice house. Then, I slowly waited to die. However, at some point along the way I began questioning exactly what I was doing. IS this living? My uncle came at just the right time to show me how wrong. I learned this because of my failing air control equipment. My heating had failed. It was bitterly chilly in my home and I couldn’t figure out why the temperature control wasn’t controlling the indoor air handling component correctly. I kept working with the furnace, trying to relight the pilot, and checking the Internet for further troubleshooting. FInally, I gave up and called my uncle, a professional air quality control specialist. He was nice enough to come quickly; he diagnosed the problem and made various small repairs. As my uncle talked to me about HVACs, he also told me about his life in this business. It turns out, the life of an indoor heating and cooling professional is invigoratingly interesting! Every day is different in this repair world, unlike my own. Now, I’m applying to go back to school, for HVAC repair!