Sitting here in our little apt while Kai is busy running back and forth chasing his ball that's bouncing off all the surfaces of our home has me thinking about all the benefits of living in small spaces.
Actually this has been on my mind a lot recently as it's been a topic that's been brought up quite a bit in some of my mom groups. I'm sure most of you know that there is a semi new tiny home movement that's been making it's way around the block. It's all good and easy as a single person or even as a couple but how on earth do you live in a tiny home as a family!?
Well fear not! I am here to share what I have learned along the way and of course answer any other questions you all may have in the comments below. So let's begin...
1 You will save money! Smaller space equals smaller expenses! Score!
2 Another quite obvious one but possibly very overlooked, you will save a ton of time on cleaning! Granted you have to clean more frequently as a small mess in a small space can quickly take over but at the end of the week I'm sure the amount of time spent cleaning will be significantly less! And if you are anything like me where my time is incredibly limited and precious then this is an enormous win!
3 Another benefit that sorta fits under both money saving and cleaning is minimalism.... to live in a small space you have to become a bit of a minimalist or else you won't have space to store all your things AND move around! Lol. And minimalism saves you more money because you can't just keep buying stuff just to buy stuff because like I said you don't have the space to store all these things!
4 As challenging as it might seem at the beginning living in a small space actually unites people. It promotes creativity, problem solving and conflict resolution as of course there are multiple people trying to accomplish various tasks at the same time in the same space. Working together is a necessity to make things flow smoothly leaving this as not only my last but my most challenging and my favorite benefit of small space living!