I finally just had enough with living the life that I was living. Fortunately for me, I was able to recognize this and do something about it. A lot of people just stay in denial about this and end up with a nervous breakdown or some other sort of malady. The stress of life inside the office was killing me. Even that awesome zone controlled HVAC wasn’t helping me out. And it was some of the best heating and cooling I have ever experienced. However, at that point in my life, none of the finery and money were worth what was happening to my health and my head. I even tried a sabbatical for several months but that didn’t do really anything because I knew I’d be going right back to the same old life. With some great support from doctors and therapists, I chose to make a change. And I was making a change at 50. Money wasn’t a huge problem and I could find work gigging online with my skills. So I bought a cabin in the woods and just started a new way of living. It came to me really naturally and I’m so thankful I made that tough choice. After about six months, I knew that I wasn’t going back. So I called an HVAC company and paid extra for them to come all the way out to me. They installed a couple of ductless mini splits in the cabin. It was nice to have real residential HVAC again. While I had slowed way down and really simplified my life, I didn’t really feel the need to go without modern HVAC technology.