So I’m a bit embarrassed by how empowered I’ve become due to all the videos that I can access online. Any time I have a question or need to diagnose a problem and repair it when it comes to stuff around the house, I jump on the ipad. Spending like a half hour inside the central air conditioning enjoying instructional videos has made me way overconfident about my skills. This is from a guy who could barely figure out how to change the air filter for the Heating & Air Conditioning component when my friend and I first bought this house. I’ve never been exactly mechanically inclined. But I never gave up on it either. For sure, the learning curve that comes with homeownership has been beneficial. At least these days, I’m not afraid of tackling a project and the online videos have been such a giant part of that newfound confidence, yet, like I said, I’ve slipped into some stark overconfidence lately and the experience with my heating and cooling component has been a reality check. I dislike that it had to be such an expensive reality check though. When I came house to find the Heating & Air Conditioning component running but no cooling coming from the air ducts, I went straight to my ipad. But I should have gone straight to the phone and called the Heating & Air Conditioning professionals for help. Instead, spurred on by this overconfidence, I thought I could diagnose and then repair the air conditioning issue. Of course, heating and cooling component are meant to be tested by only Heating & Air Conditioning professionals. And truthfully, I knew that. Still, I did my online video thing and then tried to repair the cooling problem. That transfer cost me hundreds of dollars more than if I had just called the Heating & Air Conditioning supplier because I just made everything worse.