Co-working spaces are becoming more prolific. At last count, there were 15 spaces in our city of around 380,000 people. So let's assume shared working spaces meet a need, and are financially viable.
I think this is really interesting.
Sharing our personal productive space seems to work for a lot of people. Why is it so much more difficult to share our living spaces? What is it about how we approach our homes that makes it so desirable to have autonomy? How much is a function of our societal and cultural norms and expectations for home ownership and what it means to grow up, rather than an innate personal or human need for space?
We can't deny that space for solitude, stillness and silence are critical us to thrive as human beings. But I suspect that where we find these spaces, and how much of them we 'need' depends not just on our individual differences, but also on our internal attitudes.
When we think of all the things we need, the things that make us hesitate to share our homes with someone else, what is the minimum amount of those things we really need?
Because let's not forget the richness that comes from sharing life with people.