I spend too much time in the office and that hurts the home front.
- The time that I am at home, I’m trying to focus fully on my wife and kids.
They should come first since I spend a lot of time in the zone controlled HVAC comfort of my downtown office. However, there is also just so much time in a day, a week and a month. I just can’t seem to get it all done. The stuff that really falls through the cracks are the stuff I’m responsible when it comes to the house. My wife has so much on her plate with the kids and her job and all of it that I just have to get better about my household responsibilities. A big, important one is the care of the HVAC equipment. I’m the one that deals with the HVAC unit and all the stuff that goes with heating and cooling. Yet, I have gone more than a couple of months without changing the HVAC air filter at times. This is the most basic when it comes to heating and cooling tasks. To not be able to simply change the air filter is ridiculous. So I started setting alarms for myself. A clogged up air filter is not good for the HVAC equipment. It forces the HVAC unit to work harder for no reason. A dirty air filter impedes the air flow of the HVAC which also reduces the efficiency. I’ve been at this now for a few months and I haven’t missed an air filter change yet. Now, I just need to set some alarms for the HVAC maintenance appointments.