Video: Jay Shafer of Tumbleweed Tiny House Company - (37signals) →
While we are on the subject of Jason and 37 Signals, he recently posted this video that there are a lot of good takeaways from. Jay Shafer designs and builds houses, incredibly tiny houses. This is a video of the one he has lived in for a few years. It’s only 96 square feet.
This video is real proof that you really can reduce your needs to the bare minimum and function perfectly well. Also, it is important to note that he did not go from 4000 square feet to this overnight. He did so gradually, moving into smaller and smaller spaces until he arrived at this.
Simplicity, minimalism, “enough”, is a journey. It should not happen overnight. It should be a gradual process to of taking away and addition to find out what you need to make your life as optimized as possible without making it difficult for simplicity’s sake.
Furthermore, these tiny houses actually cost more to build per square foot, not less. Quality often means paying more up front in order to get greater return over the long haul. I know I should assume this is obvious to you because, well, you own a Mac after all. There are a ton of machines you could have gotten for less money. That said, you paid more because you value quality and know that the savings comes over time and in many tangible and intangible ways.
In all, there is a lot to learn here. While watching, you can replace the word “house” with “car” or “computer”. Many of the same lessons apply.
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