Comments on: Reschooling Yourself for Survival http://www.reschoolyourself.com/reschooling-yourself-for-survival Reliving my schooling. Rebooting my life. Fri, 18 May 2012 12:04:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Melia http://www.reschoolyourself.com/reschooling-yourself-for-survival#comment-532 Melia Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:24:18 +0000 http://www.reschoolyourself.com/?p=781#comment-532 Ben, glad you've found some folks that are on the same page. I'm hoping to coordinate life plans with my own crew so we can end up at the same place around the same time. And Britney Spears CDs are even better than ammo for warding off intruders. (It's also the best for karaoke -- dual purpose!) Raines, I'm glad you found the site! I haven't actually seen any cohousing communities yet, but I've wanted to for a while. Yes, my plan is to have separate residences and a variety of shared common spaces, so I'm glad to hear that it often works out. I'd love to connect with the folks in the North Bay and give a talk in Berkeley, so I'll follow up with you. Ben, glad you’ve found some folks that are on the same page. I’m hoping to coordinate life plans with my own crew so we can end up at the same place around the same time. And Britney Spears CDs are even better than ammo for warding off intruders. (It’s also the best for karaoke — dual purpose!)

Raines, I’m glad you found the site! I haven’t actually seen any cohousing communities yet, but I’ve wanted to for a while. Yes, my plan is to have separate residences and a variety of shared common spaces, so I’m glad to hear that it often works out. I’d love to connect with the folks in the North Bay and give a talk in Berkeley, so I’ll follow up with you.

]]> By: Raines Cohen http://www.reschoolyourself.com/reschooling-yourself-for-survival#comment-517 Raines Cohen Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:12:37 +0000 http://www.reschoolyourself.com/?p=781#comment-517 I'm glad you found cohousing, Melia! I've been involved in the movement for more than a decade, living in two cohousing neighborhoods and visiting 80 others, and I have to say that among the benefits of shared living is community resiliency in the face of challenges, whether that's disaster preparedness training and resources, living more simply because you need less stuff, being able to rely on neighbors for a ride. And we actually do get training on collaborative decisionmaking and conflict resolution, and we do have our own private homes, so the "without going nuts" part is easier than it might seem. I see that you're right up the road in Sonoma; have you visited your cohousing neighbors in Santa Rosa, Petaluma, Cotati or Sebastopol? Let me know if you'd like an introduction; I think some of the folks there who are practicing collaborative learning a a community would be delighted to meet you and learn about your project. We also could host you here in Berkeley sometime if you wanted to come give a talk. Raines Cohen, Cohousing Coach and Northern California Cohousing Regional Organizer at Berkeley (CA) Cohousing I’m glad you found cohousing, Melia! I’ve been involved in the movement for more than a decade, living in two cohousing neighborhoods and visiting 80 others, and I have to say that among the benefits of shared living is community resiliency in the face of challenges, whether that’s disaster preparedness training and resources, living more simply because you need less stuff, being able to rely on neighbors for a ride. And we actually do get training on collaborative decisionmaking and conflict resolution, and we do have our own private homes, so the “without going nuts” part is easier than it might seem.

I see that you’re right up the road in Sonoma; have you visited your cohousing neighbors in Santa Rosa, Petaluma, Cotati or Sebastopol? Let me know if you’d like an introduction; I think some of the folks there who are practicing collaborative learning a a community would be delighted to meet you and learn about your project. We also could host you here in Berkeley sometime if you wanted to come give a talk.

Raines Cohen, Cohousing Coach and Northern California Cohousing Regional Organizer
at Berkeley (CA) Cohousing

]]> By: Ben Cannon http://www.reschoolyourself.com/reschooling-yourself-for-survival#comment-513 Ben Cannon Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:08:22 +0000 http://www.reschoolyourself.com/?p=781#comment-513 I've wanted to do the co-housing/compound thing for as long as I can remember. To my astonishment, I've even found a small group of people I can get along with well enough to actualize some of it. Ted and I share workspace and tools (and soon cars) in his office in santa rosa. I owe a lot of my self-reliant values to Robert A Heinlein. Conversely, it took me the better part of my 27 years to learn not only the value of, but the ability to cultivate, a strong network. I've had to overcome near paralyzing shyness and not a small amount of "I know the only way to do things" narrow-world-view in order to do that. I'm not entirely sure I've been successful ;) PS: don't forget ammo and brittany spears CDs in your bunker! I’ve wanted to do the co-housing/compound thing for as long as I can remember. To my astonishment, I’ve even found a small group of people I can get along with well enough to actualize some of it.

Ted and I share workspace and tools (and soon cars) in his office in santa rosa.

I owe a lot of my self-reliant values to Robert A Heinlein. Conversely, it took me the better part of my 27 years to learn not only the value of, but the ability to cultivate, a strong network.

I’ve had to overcome near paralyzing shyness and not a small amount of “I know the only way to do things” narrow-world-view in order to do that.

I’m not entirely sure I’ve been successful ;)

PS: don’t forget ammo and brittany spears CDs in your bunker!

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