LANA - it's not about living cheap, it's about living well

My next conversation is with Lana. Lana played a special role in my story. We met 4 years ago. I was lost and in search for meaning, both personally and professionally. She ,opened those 2 doors for me. The first one quite literally as she was the one behind the desk when I first came in for my interview at the co-working space we ended up working at together. A year later, she mentioned this house she was moving into. It sounded weird. but she convinced me that s where I needed to be. And so I applied. I have never met someone who works as much as Lana while being so positive, passionate and willing to take on more challenges. Her's days seem to have 48h ,and Im so glad she could fit me in! As everything else Lana does, we have been quite productive in this episode. We start with how Stockholm and the community she found at k9 gave her the balance in life she needed after 7 different countries. We discuss having partners in a collective How the magic happens through people coming together, feeding off each others energy and ideas We talk about The wonderful sense of freedom, effortlessness and independance you gain when you do not have the stress and gilt of hosting since it is home for everyone. We touch upon the benefit of always having someone to do something with, discovering new ways to socialise She mentioned her brief experience in another collective and how it showed her the key role of recruitement, how amenties are nice but not what creates the magic. We actually talk quite a bit about that magic feeling , how it happens and how to recreate it We discuss givers and takers and how most challenges come from people s expectations and how they are or are not met Finally we talk about how living this way forces you to reflect on your life and how you live it , and how we want to live in the future.