I used to own my very own independent heating and air conditioning business.
This was about 10 years ago.
It lasted only 2 years. I had got out of heating and air conditioning school and tried my hand at being an independent heating and air conditioning specialist. Well, it worked at first and then after about the first year things started getting a little rocky. I struggled through that final year until the time came when I knew the writing was on the wall so to speak. I knew that I had to close my independent heating and cooling business and give up the hopes and dreams I had of being my very own boss and being an independent heating and air conditioning specialist. I then decided to go start applying for different heating and cooling companies near me in my local area. It took a little while, but I finally got hired by one to be one of their heating and air conditioning specialists for a salary. This was 9 years ago. And today I am thankfully still working for that local heating and air conditioning company and have gotten two raises since. I am making a decent living. Much better than what I was making with my old independent heating and air conditioning company! I should have just done this from the start. But I was young and dumb and just had to learn a cold hard lesson on my own I guess. All is well today though!