My brother always acted like he was a total big shot ever since he graduated from college.
He was able to get a respectable career going, but he still spent more money than what he was making.
He didn’t make good investments like getting his own house or anything. He rented everything, and he had a lease for his different cars that he felt like driving. He drove fancy cars, but of course he had to take good care of them less he paid for the damages through his insurance. While he had his big and fancy career going on, I decided to become an HVAC professional. I didn’t want to waste any time studying about things I had no interest in, I wanted to focus solely on the work of learning about heating and cooling systems. I did alright starting as an HVAC professional. When I became settled in my work, I decided to buy a reliable car first. Then I bought a new home that wasn’t anything particularly special. Still, it needed a lot of work and I renovated the place pretty well. I eventually decided to install a boiler system and I hooked up radiant heated floors. My family couldn’t believe it when I told them about my radiant heated floors and suddenly, my home became the popular hangout in my family. It didn’t matter that my brother had a bigger house, he didn’t have a fireplace or radiant heated floors like I did. Also, I knew he couldn’t afford to get something like that, and not to mention, he didn’t own his house. He seems really jealous these days, but serves him right for always acting so arrogant.