First, use what you’ve got to put food in your face. If there’s left over, acquire suitable shelter. If there’s some left, buy a book.
PROMPT: Budgeting
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PROMPT: Ideal Home
Big enough to live in it; small enough not to live for it.
Preferably, it teleports on a regular basis, so I don’t have to — you know— live in one place for the rest of my life.
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PROMPT: DIY Project
Switching out a toilet. There’s more to doing it right than it might seem, and you’ve got to get it right the first time or start all over.
Though the most frustrating project was probably wallpapering. While not a hard job, the art of it eluded me.
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PROMPT: Dream Home
I think Chōmei said everything that need be said on the matter — and more eloquently than I would — in Hōjōki [i.e. 10-Foot Square Hut.]
For elaboration, see…
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PROMPT: Work / Life Balance
How do you balance work and home life?
Live in the moment.
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PROMPT: Dream Home
Write about your dream home.
Must be portable, because it needs to be movable if it’s to be expected to keep up.
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PROMPT: Ideal Home
It should be small enough that I won’t acquire new things without asking whether they are necessary, and whether their value exceeds their spatial cost. [And, also, such that it encourages spending time outside.] Besides that, it should be an environment within which one can live healthily.
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DAILY PHOTO: Beach House
Jet Plane [Haiku]
in early summer,
i left home. i’ve been back,
but never returned.
Tiger Riding for Beginners 