Description: a life hack blog
Since 2013 I have been trying to live in a co-op and in 2020 my dream FINALLY came true. While I’ve already been a part of a few conscious communities, actually living in a codependent community is a completely different experience and one I would highly recommend – here’s why:
When I decided to officially move into the co-op the world felt like utter chaos. Think back to June 2020 when Black Lives Matter protests had just broken out across the country and COVID lockdown continued to drag on. I was hoping to find a community of folks, ideally older, who could help process the current events… Little did I know we still had an impending hellish fire season in California that September and an extremely stressful election that would end in an attempted coup. I was so relieved when th
I was also excited to make new friends! I luckily ended up loving my housemates… even more after getting to know their quirks like how Blanchard is a caricature of himself who eats three bites of vanilla ice cream every night and how CN wears blankets as dresses while spouting profound inclusivity. While moving in with strangers is a strange way to make friends, it was an extremely effective way to get to know people really well.