Cohousing-L Mailing List: burnout

[Judy (BAXTER%EPIHUB]

FROM: JUdy Baxter, 

While we are on the subject of "does cohousing make life easier", I'd like any 
ideas on dealing with *burnout* during the development process.  For reasons I
don't have time to go into here, mostly relating to taking advantage of what I
still think was a wonderful opportunity of a site, we have been on the fast
track forever it seems like (actually, about 2 1/3  years with a 2 month break
when we thought we'd lost the site).  We had hoped to break ground in June or
July, now it looks like things will have to go pretty smoothly andwith lots of
work to make that happen in September.  So, MANY  of us have been putting a lot
of other stuff aside to make this happen.  And now, We are having trouble
finding cooks for common meals, hosts for prospective member potlucks, etc.  We
are working on hiring someone to work on some of the finance stuff, but that
also takes effort.  Any ideas on how to help get through the next year?  I'm
also worried that as people get ready to move and sell their houses, we'll have
even less energy available.   I'm convinced things will be better when we are
up and running, but  , as you can see, this is getting to me.

Judy Baxter, Monterey Cohousing Community, (MoCoCo)
Twin Cities Area, Minneapolis/St.Paul Minnesota
e-mail: baxter [at] epivax.epi.umn.edu
 Voice Mail for Monterey Cohousing - 612-930-7554