May 10, 2019
The Future of Coliving and Coworking
The idea of job security and settled life is no longer aligns with the thinking of today’s entrepreneurs, aspiring artists, explorers, thinkers, philosophers, travelers, bloggers, freelancers, and digital nomads. People of the 21st century believes in exploring as many places as possible. Go to any street and ask anyone, ‘Would you like to travel and work?’ I doubt that you would not hear yes.
Let’s go through a couple of examples of some major transitions:
First, let’s look at the transition in marriages. Before, there was a culture of arranged marriages, not just in India but throughout the world. “Arranged marriages were very common throughout the world until the 18th century,” Wikipedia says. And compare it with today’s lifestyles and the way people think about arranged marriages. It’s completely different.
Second, let’s look at the transition in transportation. In New York on the morning of Easter, 1900, there was no automobile or car on the street. And on the same morning of 1913, there was no horse! The whole automobile industry has evolved in just 13 years.
There are plenty of examples which you can relate and do research about it. The important thing to note here is; evolution is must in those which are close to human life. Marriage is an essential part of human’ life, and transportation too. Another quick example we can look at it is the retail industry and your shopping experience. Amazon, Alibaba, and Flipkart have totally changed your shopping experience and whole lifestyle.
The last picture shows the major evolution happened in the work life is the technology, except that, we are same today as we were centuries ago. Not enough time for family. Not enough time to travel. Not enough space for ideas in our brain. Not enough memories to share with grandchildren.
And this is what leads a human to become a victim of social isolation. The state of social isolation is very dangerous for our families and grand-families. Even in western culture, it can be easily seen that people are desperate to have someone to accompany them. The more time you waste on the digital world, the more it disconnects you from social life.
Social isolation is a state where you are certainly surrounded by people you inside yourself you feel disconnected. You feel you’re not the part of this society or group of people. The supreme reason for someone’ loneliness is the state of social isolation and loneliness leads to a state where you get suicidal thoughts.
So what’s the panacea of this state? The answer is pretty simple: co-living.
The concept of co-living is not just the solution to social isolation but it is a way of living a different lifestyle altogether. People in co-living spaces live like a family. A home away from blood-relatives, but still a family. That’s how people feel at co-living spaces. People love to share, listen, and meet others while they’re traveling across different places.
Co-living spaces do not have an environment of a hotel or hostel. They work as a community. Anyone who is coming to a co-living space is part of the community. A community is something where you feel connected and concerned. For co-living spaces, a community is an essential part. Communities create an environment which is helping and growing together shoulder-to-shoulder.
The spine of the future of co-living and co-working spaces would grow more strong because people (millennials) want to experience new things and document beautiful memories. Another reason why this industry would boom is because of technology. The boom of the digital nomad and independent workers is the next evolution in human work life. Today, more people are on walking on the path of independent and remote work. People love to travel and meet like-minded communities.
Co-living is good, but it is great when there is a place for co-working. People or travelers who prefer living in co-living spaces, most are people who work remote. And when they do not find a decent place to work at their stay, they feel uncomfortable. This is one factor which reduces repeat customer frequency of a co-living space.
We (at Saakaar House) used to be digital nomads. We loved traveling and exploring different countries and cities. We designed this space from the perspective of a former digital nomad. What exactly a digital nomad or independent needs? What are his necessities? What things distract him? What ideas and kind of design inspire him to be more productive while traveling?
While digital-nomading, we found that some places are overpriced where some tended to be fancier. On the road, we also found some great places where you could easily spend months without worrying about anything. And that’s what hit a co-living and co-working place and turns it into success.
Another thing which makes a co-living and co-working place fun is the frank and helpful community. There are a lot of co-living and co-working places who talk “community,” “community,” “community,” but they damn not give a shit about it once you put bucks on their table. It’s like selling by talking about ‘community’ word. Every fucking person knows about it.
So now if we talk about fucking statistics, they’re huge. A recent study US Coworking Forecast shows that the growth in this industry (just coworking spaces) is on-an-average 9% a year and the potential member growth is forecast to grow a much more robust 14.7% average annual growth rate.
Not just one study is an optimist about the future of co-living and co-working, but there are thousands of people who believe in that. The transition from cubical jobs to remote jobs seems to be a positive transition. It holds the value of incompetence. It makes you surrounded by people who don’t do back-bitching and do not involve in office-politics. Those really sucks man! You believe or not, office-politics are always bad for a company. If you’re in an environment where often you hear office-politics or you’re a victim of it, man, you need to get a remote job. This fucking idea of MNC and politics psychologically reduces your productivity of the day and also it emotionally creates anger in you.
To find a remote job, there is plenty of websites you can visit and apply, but here are quick ones:
If you’re considering India as your next destination, here are a couple of best co-working and co-living spaces in India where you can hang around:
- Saakaar House (Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, India)
- Construkt (Bengaluru, India)
- Bootstrap (Goa, India)
- Tribe Theory (Bangaluru, India)
Contact us if you’re planning a trip to India and want to experience the life in mountains. We would be happy to help you. Fore more visit our website: https://saakaar.house/
