Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Residential Dishwashers

[Ann Zabaldo (zabaldo]

Jessie —

I like this approach of “good enough.”   It goes along with “Don’t let the 
perfect be the enemy of the good.”   

Cohousing itself is inherently messy.  We’re dealing with humans and humans are 
simply … messy.

If we adopted this approach I believe our lives in general would be so much 
easier.  

Now, I need to go and perfect a project I’m working on …

:-)


Best --

Ann Zabaldo
Takoma Village Cohousing
Washington, DC
Principal, Cohousing Collaborative, LLC
Falls Church, VA
202.546.4654

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> On Mar 14, 2016, at 8:00 AM, Jessie Kome <jehako [at] me.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi-
> 
> I think we are pretty unanimous that the extra cost for the commercial unit 
> was worth it for the speed and ease and clarity about when dishes must be 
> done. I think we had repairs once to the commercial unit, in ten years. And 
> probably once on the residential unit, which is past its " useful life", so 
> who knows how much longer it will trundle on?
> 
> The dishwasher debate is perennial on this list. I have always assumed that 
> the return of the topic occurs because we struggle to perfect what is an 
> inherently messy task. Personally, I am a fan of "good enough." As in, find a 
> solution that is good enough for your community, with flaws that you have to 
> pull together to solve. Any solution that draws you together is a right one.
> 
> My two cents.
> 
> -Jessie Handforth Kome
> Eastern Village Cohousing
> Silver Spring, Maryland
> 
> Sent from my iPad
>