Throughout my adult life, I have always enjoyed hosting people.
Be it by running a nightclub, organizing festivals, workshops, or conferences.
I love the level of complexity, especially once the events get bigger and longer.
At the moment, I am in my Portuguese mountain village.
We have gathered with 8 people who own property here and are committed to potentially being neighbors for life.
We are working on the land and aligning on expectations, commitments, and issues.
Some of us have been working on regenerating this village since 2017; some joined last year.
It's been an interesting process, and it reminded me of Richard Bartlett's graphic below, about hosting capacity as a measure of agency.
Many of the people that are now here with me are people that I have organized and hosted other people in the past with.
Mostly through our mutual work at Stichting Love Foundation & Viva con Agua
It is very useful when discussing how to create a coliving neighborhood and design and facilitate processes that make everybody feel comfortable.
I highly recommend reading the article, especially if you are interested in community living or long-term hosting. (link in comments)
In my experience, taking the slow route and moving from organizing a dinner party over a retreat or a festival to finally a coliving situation is very healthy and can prevent a lot of the issues that are so present in many coliving communities.
I am curious to hear your experiences, if you have tried or are managing to pull off coliving experiences or communities.
#communitylife #artofhosting
Human Copywriter, co-founder of Life At Selgars. I colive for a living - Author of Have Your Cake And Share It Too
3whttps://open.spotify.com/episode/1e9qb7fQlbBmLqNi2ZMopr?si=57f09756312c4abb