kirstendirksen

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by kirstendirksen 5y ago
Every time I post a story with a prefab ADU company the pricing is usually the same -- starting around 120K for a unit with kitchen/bath etc-- and the comments are equally similar: "too expensive". I remember Jay Shafer (tiny
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Homemade Spaceship: a handbuilt tiny American Dream house (VIDEO)(faircompanies.com)
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Lego-style apartment transforms into infinite spaces(faircompanies.com)
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Liveaboard life: self-sufficient w/ solar, sails & VHF radio(faircompanies.com)
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$1000 kit solar house for world's poor by Idealab's Bill Gross(faircompanies.com)
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When all you own fits in a boat... a liveaboard's secret to happiness (VIDEO)(youtube.com)
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House in a suitcase: all contents of house pack into 2 trunks (VIDEO)(faircompanies.com)
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Matt Dieckmann (1981-2010): EVs (cycles) will be faster than gas-powered (video)(youtube.com)
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MakerBot and the rise of libertarian tech (VIDEO)(faircompanies.com)
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Crowdsourcing tiny home design (a 420-sq-ft Soho pad)(faircompanies.com)
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TreeHugger.com founder Graham Hill on LifeEdited (video)(faircompanies.com)
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DIY home on wheels for less than $3,500 [video](faircompanies.com)
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A river, Heraclitus and the meaning of life (video)(youtube.com)
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Gandhi, Malcolm X, DIY, open source & happiness (video)(faircompanies.com)
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A frugal wardrobe: think, then shop (video)(faircompanies.com)
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A HN couple responds to What Makes You Happy? (Video)(youtube.com)
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by kirstendirksen 17y ago
My husband would agree with you that happiness doesn't need to always be the end goal. I must have been raised with a Disney reality. Though I've realized I do need the sad; it's what helps me to think in a more complete way.
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by kirstendirksen 17y ago
What freedom to feel you could pack up and move in an afternoon. I love the idea of knowing that is possible, even if it never happens. Funny how so much of what we have is "just in case": not just space in our cars, but extra clothes, extr
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by kirstendirksen 17y ago
I would make a similar comment to you as I made above to MrFoof. Maybe because it fits with what feels right for me, but I like your 6-month-rule and your question for every object. In many ways I think when we get too much stuff the same t
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by kirstendirksen 17y ago
I would agree with you that to a certain extent people crave roles that can give them an identity, like that of treehugger or entrepreneur. But I also think there are people who genuinely happy with either one: like many of the people posti
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by kirstendirksen 17y ago
Any interest in talking more about your downsizing experience and/or videotaping your "stuff"?
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by kirstendirksen 17y ago
This response feels poetic to me. Well, that and it made me laugh the way you describe using it as an excuse to break off with your girlfriend. But there's something that feels so right about living according to a principle seeking things o
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by kirstendirksen 17y ago
I can imagine it's much more satisfying enjoying, or watching someone or something, enjoy something you've made than something you've bought. I'm curious how your venture beyond a cat treehouse goes. Would love to hear/see more about your e
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by kirstendirksen 17y ago
Funny about the lattes. I am probably complicit in that criticism, but maybe because I'm usually happier spending my $100/month (depending on how many you buy) making my own tea/coffee and spending that same amount renting movies on itunes.
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by kirstendirksen 17y ago
One more point, I'm not out to say that there is only one route to happiness- and that it is an anti-consumeristic one-, but simply that it is possible- and possibly more common these days (given circumstances)- to choose this path. This is
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by kirstendirksen 17y ago
Wow. I hate to think I am just looking for affirmations. Maybe you're partly right since making a documentary (or just a long-format video or print project) involves taking an angle. I think I chose my angle simply because we do have a webs
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by kirstendirksen 17y ago
I enjoyed your blog. Though I'm curious about one of your final comments: "To be clear, I still want a bank-vault sized pile of money but I have accurately recognized why I want it. I don’t really care about a big house and a fancy car. I m
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by kirstendirksen 17y ago
Travel is another point I've pondered a lot since I started our website. I used to fly a lot. In most aspects of my life, I can be a pennypincher, but it was the one area that I felt like the experience was worth whatever pricetag. Then I s
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by kirstendirksen 17y ago
I wonder how many of us find clutter exhausting. My husband can't even start his day with too much stuff around the house (on the floor, hanging off chairs... that would be my contribution), but I am able to overlook it a bit more. Though s
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by kirstendirksen 17y ago
I like that term being "in flow". I used to hear the term being "in the zone" when I played tennis as a kid. One coach told me I needed to "be the ball" (I'm guessing this is variation on some Buddhist all is one motif). Though I never achi

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