The home arranged for one person can still leave room for occasional company without apologizing for itself.

STILLNESS

WHAT THIS MEANS

A place set up around one life is not a place waiting to be corrected. The chair positioned for reading, the table used as a desk, the kitchen arranged for how you actually cook: none of that has to be undone to have someone round for an evening. Hospitality is mostly a folding chair and a willingness, not a floor plan. The apology people offer when visitors arrive is usually the only thing that makes the arrangement look like a shortfall.

Invite somebody into your space as it is this month. Move nothing, explain nothing, and see whether anyone minds.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

Does your space suit you or an imagined visitor’s expectations?

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