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allison's avatar

i'm aligned with orMOMdo – rent out your yosemite place! all this time, i thought you were delaying renting because it wasn't up to Airbnb / VRBO code. do it! especially this time of year before fire / snow season.

here in the midwest, we are currently experiencing a drought, and i attended a garden walk in a town near me last weekend. the event is prolific, popular, competitive to enter, etc. one of the homes on this year's walk had a section that was clearly scorched by our lack of summer storms. in the middle of the rough patch, they set up a station that said "what would you plant here?" and had a box for written responses. all our gardens are suffering from the same drought. we all get it! and i appreciated that they didn't spend money on annuals to fill it in, just for the sake of a garden walk.

if you decide to rent, you could do something similar – maybe set up a guest book with a note that it's your first rental season and ask guests to tell you what they'd change about your home. it could be kind of a fun exercise! like what was their favorite part of your home during their stay, and what's something they'd be excited to see should they return. as a guest, it would remind me that this home is a work in progress, not a hotel chain.

my favorite kind of content is before / after, and even better if there's an after-after, to show how things continue to progress.

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K Schwartz's avatar

“Comparison is the thief of joy” --> I read this phrase once and you’ve reminded me I need to stop comparing my home and just be grateful for the beauty and function I’ve managed to improve. Gratitude is a good antidote.

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