When I was young, my parents ended up splitting up and getting a divorce.
That was a hard time for me, but it seems like forever ago.
Eventually, my mother decided to get remarried to a guy who had a very peculiar son. I have to admit, we never really got along at first. Honestly, we couldn’t even understand each other even though we were both speaking english. This kid was extremely nerdy and he always had his nose in a book. I thought it was ridiculous that he never wanted to go outside and throw a football with me or watch any sports games with me. I actually thought I had things made because I was on the football team in highschool and I was fairly popular. I was embarrassed to even admit that I knew my half brother, but he was always there. Eventually, I ended up not going anywhere as far as a career goes and I was stuck at this lame job that I didn’t care for. On the other hand, my brother got into the HVAC industry. He was actually designing new energy efficient HVAC systems because of how smart he was. I ended up talking to him once about it and I was impressed with how much money he was making and how nice his house was. He had radiant heated floors, a nice smart thermostat, and even his car has a thermostat with voice command technology. I was definitely jealous, but I wanted to know how to be successful like him. He got into all the technical stuff with me and ended up suggesting I try going to a trade school to become HVAC certified. He said I would probably make a good HVAC technician. I’m glad he suggested that because I listened to him and now I’m making good money with a career that isn’t so boring.