Living Tiny in 84 Square Feet: 11 Years Later!

Mar 19, 2021

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Michelle Jones discovered the tiny house movement well before most of us, struck up a friendship with Dee Williams, and had her 84sf tiny house built by Dee’s company PAD. She’s been quietly living tiny in Portland, OR backyards for 11 years now, and in a lot of ways, tiny living has helped to guide and inspire her unconventional career choices. In this interview, Michelle shares her reflections on living tiny for 11 years and some of the unexpected things she has learned along the way.

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In This Episode:

Living tiny before it was a thing: Michelle's instincts, journey, and "aha" moments
Is there room for a relationship in a tiny home?
Getting to know your tiny house and preparing for the different outcomes of difficult situations
Setting up systems for your environment and the importance of redundancy
How living tiny helped Michelle realize and pursue her purpose
Building your house out of materials that are meaningful to you
Staying tiny for 11 years: how to keep from accumulating too much
When living tiny helps you connect with and depend on your community
What the Wayfinding Academy does differently than most institutions of higher learning
Michelle's tips for finding tiny house parking

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