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Downsizing to a Shed

April 27, 2012 By Pat Williams

“The tiny house movement is not a fad, the McMansion was a fad.”

Michael Janzen Tiny House Design Blog

Currently, I own a 4000 square foot home and between working to pay for it, cleaning & maintaining it, I have no free time. I’m imprisoned by the house and the size has lost its appeal.

I understand why a person would choose to live in a shed-sized tiny house. It offers freedom from the very things that keep me imprisoned. It offers better cash flow and allows owners to experience life for reasons beyond acquisition. I suspect tiny house owners spend more time out of doors. In another year, I’ll be downsizing significantly, the goal is to make my tiny house mobile.

Houses are meant to provide us shelter and comfort, our entire lives shouldn’t have to revolve around keeping a roof over our heads; not in this day and age.

Filed Under: Featured, Real Home Sense, Roaming Homes Tagged With: downsize home, downsizing, quality of life, Tiny houses

Pat Williams

Pat Williams is the founder of CyberCletch and creator of Real Home Sense. A lifelong explorer and former journalist, she has spent years traveling throughout North America and beyond in search of the stories that connect us—to places, to history, and to one another. Drawing from firsthand experience, she combines practical travel guidance with thoughtful reflections on curiosity, fear, culture, and what it means to truly understand the world around us. When she isn't out exploring a new destination, Pat helps businesses build trustworthy websites through CyberCletch.

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Adventurer, explorer, entrepreneur, mother to two brilliant young men, stepmother to two more. Now travels part-time but continues to work full-time from the road. Home is where the heart is and my heart is looking forward to the next trip…

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