To know more about him, check out the first article I found on Google - it's actually good 😅
Out of curiosity: where do you see yourself living when older? 🧐
Anonymous Poll
0%
By myself (I go solo)
33%
With my partner
24%
With my extended family
0%
In an elderly home
43%
In a cohousing or coliving community
0%
Somewhere else (let me explain the comments)
(I'll share the results of the poll tomorrow, it's anonymous!)
We just finished the first Co-Liv event of the year - was super cool to see some new and old faces!
During this even, I shared my 2021 #coliving predictions - which I which summed up in this blogpost:
👉 most of you actually want to live in a cohousing or elderly community, and literally NO ONE wants to live in an elderly home!
That's crazy. And while I voted for the same, I actually have not interacted with any community that could host me - it's more an idea than anything concrete at this point 🤨
Does anyone have an example of a cohousing/coliving community that you could see yourself living in? Or one that inspires you and that would go into your vision? ✨
And one more thing - yesterday, at the small coliving space I'm currently staying with, we hosted a small intention and sharing round.
What came out where a few "coliving truths" that I forgot about and wanted to share again:
👉 living in community is not easy and is challenging; especially, it teaches you how to set boundaries and how to communicate these
(ex: you're sitting and working and someone comes to you but you don't want to talk - you should be able to communicate that you don't have time in a way that is not violent and hurting the other, respecting your own need and not feeling weird in a social environment)
👉 we had a debate whether coliving is better for introverts or extroverts; I believe that it's not the right debate to have. In fact, some coliving operators say that most residents are introverts. I think that the issue lies in assertive versus turbulant personalities: for those who are still doubtful about themselves, living with others might let them think that they are being judged, although it is just their own insecurities coming up. We need to therefore learn to be mindful about one another while also remembering that every trigger is our own insecurity being reflected in the world
That's it for today!
What came out where a few "coliving truths" that I forgot about and wanted to share again:
👉 living in community is not easy and is challenging; especially, it teaches you how to set boundaries and how to communicate these
(ex: you're sitting and working and someone comes to you but you don't want to talk - you should be able to communicate that you don't have time in a way that is not violent and hurting the other, respecting your own need and not feeling weird in a social environment)
👉 we had a debate whether coliving is better for introverts or extroverts; I believe that it's not the right debate to have. In fact, some coliving operators say that most residents are introverts. I think that the issue lies in assertive versus turbulant personalities: for those who are still doubtful about themselves, living with others might let them think that they are being judged, although it is just their own insecurities coming up. We need to therefore learn to be mindful about one another while also remembering that every trigger is our own insecurity being reflected in the world
That's it for today!
Might interest some of you - we're doing a little membership give-away with Co-Liv. In short, we want to know: "what does coliving mean to you?"