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The Resource The big tiny : a built-it-myself memoir, Dee Williams, (electronic resource)

The big tiny : a built-it-myself memoir, Dee Williams, (electronic resource)

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Dee Williams's life changed in an instant, with a near-death experience in the aisle of her local grocery store. Diagnosed with a heart condition at age forty-one, she was all too suddenly reminded that life is short, time is precious, and she wanted to be spending hers with the people and things she truly loved. That included the beautiful sprawling house in the Pacific Northwest she had painstakingly restored'but, increasingly, it did not include the mortgage payments, constant repairs, and general time-suck of home ownership. A new sense of clarity began to take hold: Just what was all this stuff for' Multiple extra rooms, a kitchen stocked with rarely used appliances, were things that couldn't compare with the financial freedom and the ultimate luxury'time'that would come with downsizing. Deciding to build an eighty-four-square-foot house'on her own, from the ground up'was just the beginning of building a new life. Williams can now list everything she owns on one sheet of paper, her monthly housekeeping bills amount to about eight dollars, and it takes her approximately ten minutes to clean the entire house. It's left her with more time to spend with family and friends, and given her freedom to head out for adventure at a moment's notice, or watch the clouds and sunset while drinking a beer on her (yes, tiny) front porch. The lessons Williams learned from her 'aha' moment post-trauma apply to all of us, every day, regardless of whether or not we decide to discard all our worldly belongings. Part how-to, part personal memoir, The Big Tiny is an utterly seductive meditation on the benefits of slowing down, scaling back, and appreciating the truly important things in life
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource
Note
Title from resource description page (Recorded Books, viewed June 19, 2014)
Contents
  • Happy Enough
  • Southeast State Park
  • The Drive
  • Torsades
  • A Moment of Genius While Waiting
  • Tiny House Man
  • Fear and Logic
  • Anthropology 101
  • Dream Big, Build Small
  • Blondie on the Roof
  • Who Cares If I Appear Foolish?
  • Hobo-A-Go-Go
  • There Goes the Neighborhood
  • Modern Conveniences
  • Slack Line
  • A Six-Inch Drop Hitch
  • Keeping the Peace
  • Broke Butt Mountain
  • One More Thing
Isbn
9781101634714
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The big tiny : a built-it-myself memoir
Title
The big tiny
Title remainder
a built-it-myself memoir
Statement of responsibility
Dee Williams
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Dee Williams's life changed in an instant, with a near-death experience in the aisle of her local grocery store. Diagnosed with a heart condition at age forty-one, she was all too suddenly reminded that life is short, time is precious, and she wanted to be spending hers with the people and things she truly loved. That included the beautiful sprawling house in the Pacific Northwest she had painstakingly restored'but, increasingly, it did not include the mortgage payments, constant repairs, and general time-suck of home ownership. A new sense of clarity began to take hold: Just what was all this stuff for' Multiple extra rooms, a kitchen stocked with rarely used appliances, were things that couldn't compare with the financial freedom and the ultimate luxury'time'that would come with downsizing. Deciding to build an eighty-four-square-foot house'on her own, from the ground up'was just the beginning of building a new life. Williams can now list everything she owns on one sheet of paper, her monthly housekeeping bills amount to about eight dollars, and it takes her approximately ten minutes to clean the entire house. It's left her with more time to spend with family and friends, and given her freedom to head out for adventure at a moment's notice, or watch the clouds and sunset while drinking a beer on her (yes, tiny) front porch. The lessons Williams learned from her 'aha' moment post-trauma apply to all of us, every day, regardless of whether or not we decide to discard all our worldly belongings. Part how-to, part personal memoir, The Big Tiny is an utterly seductive meditation on the benefits of slowing down, scaling back, and appreciating the truly important things in life
Cataloging source
RECBK
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Williams, Dee
Dewey number
  • 640.92
  • B
Index
no index present
LC call number
TH4860
Literary form
unknown
Nature of contents
dictionaries
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Williams, Dee
  • Ecological houses
  • Small houses
  • Architects and builders
  • Do-it-yourself work
  • Alternative lifestyles
  • Sustainable living
  • BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
  • Olympia (Wash.)
  • Portland (Or.)
Label
The big tiny : a built-it-myself memoir, Dee Williams, (electronic resource)
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Instantiates
Publication
Note
Title from resource description page (Recorded Books, viewed June 19, 2014)
Antecedent source
unknown
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Happy Enough -- Southeast State Park -- The Drive -- Torsades -- A Moment of Genius While Waiting -- Tiny House Man -- Fear and Logic -- Anthropology 101 -- Dream Big, Build Small -- Blondie on the Roof -- Who Cares If I Appear Foolish? -- Hobo-A-Go-Go -- There Goes the Neighborhood -- Modern Conveniences -- Slack Line -- A Six-Inch Drop Hitch -- Keeping the Peace -- Broke Butt Mountain -- One More Thing
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781101634714
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
63aef2a6-17a2-41f8-8ecf-bf63c421397c
Publisher number
EB00395408
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)883370570
Label
The big tiny : a built-it-myself memoir, Dee Williams, (electronic resource)
Link
Publication
Note
Title from resource description page (Recorded Books, viewed June 19, 2014)
Antecedent source
unknown
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Happy Enough -- Southeast State Park -- The Drive -- Torsades -- A Moment of Genius While Waiting -- Tiny House Man -- Fear and Logic -- Anthropology 101 -- Dream Big, Build Small -- Blondie on the Roof -- Who Cares If I Appear Foolish? -- Hobo-A-Go-Go -- There Goes the Neighborhood -- Modern Conveniences -- Slack Line -- A Six-Inch Drop Hitch -- Keeping the Peace -- Broke Butt Mountain -- One More Thing
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781101634714
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
63aef2a6-17a2-41f8-8ecf-bf63c421397c
Publisher number
EB00395408
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)883370570

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