<aside> 🏠 House intentions connection, community integration + partnership, exploration, learning, experimentation, fun, remixing old x new, mutual symbiosis / co-creation, sharing, taking care of common goods + public spaces

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Agreements

1. own your experience: honor yourself
   1. we must look out for ourselves + ask for what we want or desire. we invite you to continue your important habits / routines, and potentially even invite others to join you
      • a healthy community is consisted of healthy individuals
      • including if/when we need alone/recharge time
   2. agentic being + self-reliance
      • this is a do-ocracy: “if you see something that needs to be done, do it”. in other words, do the things that you would do to take care of the house, as if you were living alone. if there are things you’d want to take the lead on, we invite you to as well
2. mutual care and collaboration
   1. leave every space better than how you found it
   2. we expect people to extend mutual care and compassion, even through conflict, for general guidelines, please see conflict section below
      • try to treat ourselves and others with kindness, curiosity, openness, courage, compassion - maximally possible
   3. participation with the house
      • proactively propose activities we’d be interested in
        • running workshops, or starting community votes / proposals of group treasury on different activities or events
        • this can also include additional rituals that we want to add, in case we notice something that can be improved on a more frequent basis
3. have fun!

General House Rules

• quiet hours: 10pm-6am
  • no laundry during this time
• no illegal substances in the house
• turn off heating / electronic devices in rooms that are not in use

sharing spaces

• remove all personal belongings from public spaces at the end of the day to reduce clutter

• rooms in the evening will be private with the assigned person / people in that room; otherwise, during the day they can be used for common rooms for people who have meetings

  • open doors encouraged - by leaving doors open, this radically increases the amount of common space during the day
  • put away your futon every morning: this helps refresh the tatami mat space in the area you were sleeping in during the night

• general intention + outline for spaces:

  • room photos here: ‣
  • all unused rooms can be used for private calls / meetings during the day, but default to first your room

  space intention	floor plan reference
  24/7 cafe, chatting environment	1F kitchen + dining
  chill space, movies, coworking	1F living room
  work / silent / meeting room	1F tatami
  meditation room / quiet space	2F tatami
  michelle’s space + office	2F western

  • there are also additional cafes, coworking spaces to use if you’d like to explore the city, or hang out. walks in nature, or around the neighborhood with incredible mountain views, is also an option

food sharing + other purchases

• if you chose to subscribe to the communal meal plan
  • this will be full coverage for groceries
  • you can eat / use anything in fridge apart from the explicitly labeled personal items
  • give michelle:
    • $75 / every week
    • or $15 / day
  • does not include eating out for dinner + other purchases for only individual use
• shared expenses for utilities will be $50 / every week you’re staying
  • or $10 / day

<aside> 📌 please pay the correct amount here for every week you’re staying: https://app.persona.nyc/pay/akiya

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• buying on behalf of the company
  • apart from food, use / item must be approved by michelle beforehand
  • put receipts on magnetic pocket on side of fridge
  • add on splitwise
    • tag the category (food, home, event)
    • when expensing to akiya, uncheck all boxes except for “akiya collective”
    • upload receipt with credit card used to purchase (if card used)

How to contribute to the home