Recently, when I went to my home office to get started with my work, I had the temperature control settings just right.
We have a ductless multi-split system, so we have zones in all different rooms of the house, including my office. Before getting started with my work, I noticed that my friend had gotten into a terrible car accident. He is a delivery driver, and somebody crashed into his vehicle. With the vehicle being worked on, he was out of work and losing money. I decided to talk to him for a little while. I told him that he might be able to benefit more and spend more time with his family if he worked at home like I did. I mentioned that he wouldn’t be at risk all the time of getting into accidents, and he could make pretty good money while enjoying the pleasant temperature control settings at home. He did admit that when he drove around, his AC system didn’t work that well in his car and he would have to roll down the windows to get any sort of cooling relief. When I told him about the kind of work I do with writing and editing, he reminded me about the kind of writing he did for the company newsletter back in the day, and he felt he was pretty good at it. So I ended up speaking with my boss, and he agreed to help my buddy get started with this work-from-home job. He started working part-time since he was still a driver. He ended up liking the writing work a lot more though than his driving task. He kept telling me how being at home with the ideal temperature control settings was awesome, and spending more time with his children was even better. I’m glad he’s doing better now.