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Nomadic Lifestyle
Often when relocating, leaving a relationship or going to school or otherwise leaving one life behind for a new one, living in shared housing offers a place to live without making a permanent commitment to a specific place before being sure of this new step.
Additional Pages of Interest:
Shared Housing
Sources: Sharing Housing: A Guidebook for Finding and Keeping Good Housemates
Contributors: Annamarie Pluhar
Recommended Books: Sharing Housing: A Guidebook for Finding and Keeping Good Housemates
Shared Housing
Why would you want to share housing? The most common reason is that you need a place to live and can't afford to live alone. Other reasons for sharing housing are:
There is a definite process to finding a good home-mate(s), one(s) you can live with comfortably and harmoniously. This portion of the site maps that process, with helpful advice about what to look for, what to avoid, and when specific actions need to be taken.
Be sure to do the What do I want? What am I worried about? Worksheet before proceeding with the following information below.
Discover:
Types of Shared Housing
"We've done the surveys. People say they're happier, sleeping and eating better and feeling safer in their homes with someone around. If I sold you that as a drug, you'd pay thousands."
~ Kirby Dunn, Director of Homeshare Vermont
Additional Pages of Interest:
Home-mates
Co-Housing
Intentional Community
Sources: Sharing Housing: A Guidebook for Finding and Keeping Good Housemates
Contributors: Annamarie Pluhar
Recommended Books: Sharing Housing: A Guidebook for Finding and Keeping Good Housemates
Rabb.it
Rabbit is about sharing your everyday. Watch your favorite shows with your friends, without being in the same room (or even the 
same city!). Collaborate with your coworkers when you’re all on the road. Shop together for a birthday present for Mom, then sing her “happy birthday” with family far away. The possibilities are endless.
One of our favorite ways to use Rabb.it is to watch movies from our Movie Vault with friends and fellow BUD members who live far away! See how it is done in the video below.
Check it out for yourself!
NeedtoMeet
In just a few clicks, you and your friends, colleagues, teammates, classmates, bridal party, fellow singers, band members, and others will be able to find times to meet faster and without hassles! NeedToMeet is ideal for get-togethers, practices, meetings, and more!
How it Works
Simply share your available times with invited guests and put an end to those frustrating scheduling nightmares.
Try it out now!
What is "Revaluation Counseling"?
Revaluation Counseling is a form of peer counseling where people, usually in pairs, take turns being client and counselor. The purpose of the counseling is to feel and "discharge," through laughter, tears, anger,shivering, etc., painful feelings from the past that keep us from being completely alive and functioning in the present.
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