Home part 3. Any space can become a home once you nest in it. You fill it with your own uniqueness. The things you use surround you and reflect your actions and rituals. The things you choose to decorate show your inner beauty and passion. 🏡🏡🏡
When you rent you so often end up in someone else’s house. You have no control over the layout or design. You often end up with issues and if you don’t have a terribly good landlord a fight on your hands. I guess the flip side of this is that you don’t pay for repairs and updating. 🤷🏻♀️ I’ve also seen some incredible renters on here who have inspired my own living.
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I want to tell you a little about social housing because in this case ANY choice or decision you may like to have is taken away. It’s often the case that until you are made street homeless that you won’t know where you are going until just before the council offices close on that day. You cannot choose where you’ll live, or in what type of accommodation it will be. Things that are fundamental to who you are are not considered. If you like to garden, cook, work out, take a bath, own a pet etc... it all becomes irrelevant. I’m putting this out here as a truth and not because it’s a pity party. It’s just a fact that if you hit rock bottom and need that help your well-being and person is not a consideration anymore. Something in that message undermines your self worth. 🏡🏡🏡
All of this being said I am incredibly grateful that I have been housed for the time being. It’s tough living half out a temporary place and half out of a storage unit. The atmosphere is tense in the building. But I am grateful for the beautiful old building that the council owns and the stories it must have seen. I am grateful for my own space. I am grateful to my amazing friends who have helped me move and settle. I am grateful to my own ability to nest and create home. I’m treating this limbo as my extended holiday by the sea, how lucky am I that it’s during the spring and summer?
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If anyone out there is going through this journey don’t do it alone. My DMs are always open for help and advice on navigating our welfare system xxx
