Workaholism
Sometimes I wonder where I would be without my husband. To be fair, I wasn’t on the most promising track when we met. My life has definitely gotten off course after several rounds of bad luck and failing mental health. When we got together he was a massively grounding force in my life. Suddenly, I wasn’t all alone in this complete clusterfuck of a world, I had a partner who always had my back and tried to give me everything I needed. To this day, I think that he is responsible for my professional career and success in life. For instance, the other day when he took away the smart thermostat and replaced it with an old-school dial temperature control unit… He was saving my brain. You see, I am an extremely sensitive human when it comes to indoor air temperature and air quality. I require a certain set of indoor air temperature conditions in order to work effectively. Unfortunately, I’m almost always working so I’m almost always concerned about the indoor air quality. Thanks to our smart thermostat, I could easily adjust the indoor air temperature control right from my desk. I could open my phone, modify the air temperature control settings, and hear the air conditioning system or forced air furnace immediately respond to my every demand. It was great! Except, this smart thermostat convenience enabled me to carry out another bad habit… Workaholism. If you never have to get up to modify the thermostat settings, you never have to stop working. My husband realized that my HVAC breaks were the only thing keeping me from going off the workaholic deep-end… so he took away the smart thermostat last week. Bless him.