Part 1 Harsh Realities of Intentional Community. A founder comments on what type of people seek IC.
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- čas přidán 16. 05. 2024
- What is a founder? A person with a dream who has done some work on the ground. They are a special breed who are able to do more, to give more in order to get work done.
What type of people seek intentional community?
Path of highest resistance is much hard work.
Visionaries
Dreamers
Activists
Idealists
Teachers
Hopeful Helpers
Students
Curious
Experience Seeker
Recreation/Tourist
Needy - consider as a potentially neutral position - could be good could be bad
Personal Taker/ Parasites
Redistributors
Hijacker
Thieves
Criminals on the path of least resistance
What's mine is mine and what's yours we can negotiate.
The needy take more than they give.
The strong give more than they take.
The successful approach to community requires the ability to give more than you take.
You must be an asset, a net gain.
An honest assessment is required here.
Considering what a renter and an employee have given.
Are they entitled to future payoff?
Nobody owes anyone anything.
Part time inputs seldom offer a net gain to the community.
Natural law is a force to contend with when you leave the system.
How much support does the community offer?
How much are you doing for yourself and what is the community doing for you?
You are probably not giving as much as you think you are.
Founders are the ones working the 60 hour work week and investing thousands or more.
Most communities fail because almost nobody is a net gain.
Community is not the path of least resistance.
Community is very hard work.
You need to be a net gain somewhere.
Why would a community want you?
This sounds like a man who's gone through some stuff. Appreciate the perspective and being a light in dark places!
I agree!
What is your general location? Are you looking for people to participate in your endeavor? (insert plug here)
We’re in the united states. We bought the land with the hope that our adult children will join us. I’m not so sure they will (at least right now.)
We are considering others, but am hesitant without a good written expectation that outlines our dream.
Founder here.
We’re just starting our fourth year. We have learned quite a bit about what NOT to do. 🙂🙃🙂
Looking for ideas on how to do/be better.
Such as.....
Hello.
Having written expectations is definitely necessary. People don’t have the same work ethic, values, beliefs, etc.
This is something I am currently working on.
We own our land outright.
The goal is to build a homestead that also benefits others.
Ex) having enough produce/ fruit/ goods etc to both share and give.
I’m sorry, it looks like my reply didn’t post.
Some of the things we’ve learned is that we have to write out expectations. Verbal agreements are not sufficient in today’s society.
With that, everything needs to be covered (as much as possible.)
I also need to work on discernment in regards to bringing new people in as I tend to see good right away and it has taken me much longer to see issues.
@@theresafriedle9003 Writing down your agreements does seem to be the best approach.
Being willing to benefit others with your homestead is the net gain I was talking about.
Abundance does follow the hard work. It is good to find the easiest and most productive way to handle that.