Action and Adventure in August #5: The Tiny

There's a woman I know who spent 4th of July weekend in a tiny house.  Before I left for Toronto, she and I talked about her upcoming tiny adventure.  She knew everything about tinies. I saw her on Saturday and asked how it all went.  FYI:  She was in a 275 square foot tiny, which isn't super tiny in the world of tinies, but still, it's tiny.

"I'm not too hooked on living in a tiny anymore," she told me.  "It was fine, but there's no place to store anything. No place for a vacuum cleaner.  No place for a broom, even.  I got to see some workers emptying the septic tank, so that was interesting.  Also, another tiny arrived so I got to see it being placed on the foundation, and I enjoyed that.  There was some trouble with the lights, so that was unfortunate.  My dog enjoyed getting away for the weekend, but I've decided tinies aren't for me.  I kind of felt like a college student living in a dorm room."

I was disappointed in her report.  I'd been hoping for a more gung ho debriefing.  Some adventures don't pan out, let's face it, and yet, I still would like to try the tiny for myself sometime. I think this gal needed to think bigger where tiny living is concerned.  Watching the septic tank workers and the loading of a tiny onto a foundation?  I would do it all differently and I hope some day to get the chance.