Answering the question, of what is coliving should have been our first post…
But it wasn’t… perhaps we assumed that there was no need to write about this topic…
Big mistake…
In recent months, I have realized that I don’t quite understand the essence of coliving, and I wonder…
- What do people look for in a coliving?
- What do you expect to find?
- In short, what is coliving?
Some challenges…
The last decades have been full of dizzying changes, these generate new needs and opportunities and as a consequence, new options, solutions, and business opportunities arise.
Some of those new challenges…
- Climate change, destruction of ecosystems
- A rapid increase in population in the cities of the planet
- Unaffordability and housing crisis
- Loneliness of millions of people
- Remote work revolution
What is Coliving?
In response to these problems and others, a type of accommodation arises based on
- community
- collaboration
- consciousness
In a coliving for Digital Nomads and Remote Workers, one of your first goals is to be productive, colivings are primarily collaborative workspaces.
At the same time, a community philosophy predominates, sharing with like-minded people
- resources
- space
- experiences
This is probably the true essence of Coliving accommodation, the community…
Therefore, living in a Coliving is a life experience
- where you give and receive
- where you teach and learn
- where life revolves around sharing…
Community
What differentiates coliving from other types of accommodation is the need for its members to share time, experiences, and learning with other members of the community.
Social contact and community building are promoted
How do you activate social connections?
- Primarily with common spaces with social intentions
- Carrying out activities with Porpuse, to connect members
- Creation of communities with specific purposes where common values or interests are shared
Other common characteristics
- The accommodations are fully equipped. The rooms are furnished and have everything you need for your stay.
- Amenities such as weekly cleaning, towels, and cleaning products included, this means fewer household tasks for members
- A single payment, one fee covers all bills… there are usually no hidden costs
- Each member usually has their own room
- Flexibility – stays can be short, medium, or long stays, depending on the needs of the members
Advantages of Coliving
There are many, but we will highlight some of them below.
- Network– you can increase your network of work contacts by sharing the space with other members with similar or complementary profiles
- Personal and professional development
- Sustainable living due to sharing resources and spaces
- Friendships- It will be easy for you to make new friends, community activities in addition to sharing common spaces help create social connections.
- Better landing – arriving in a city or region where you have never been can be challenging, for economic or cultural reasons, the community can help you better understand the identity of the place you have just arrived.
For me
Most of you know all this theory… but if I can tell you my personal opinion about coliving, would be a bit different…
For me, many of the people who decide to stay at a Coliving are looking for something… It could be knowledge, love, discover yourself, grow…
Maybe you are thinking, well, we are all looking for something and even more so when we travel…
But some of the people who stay in a Coliving are looking for that in a more intense way, with more determination…
When you want to achieve something, it is always easier, more motivating, and more enriching, if you do it belonging to a group, tribe, clan or community… when you do it with others…
