Approximating talented hosting

(The era of the Pre-Post-Pandemic means that having guests over becomes possible again. It’s a challenge that I want to use as a chance to improve my hosting abilities.)

If things don‘t come naturally, I immediately want to devise a system to solve the problem. Replace talent with technology.

If you are forgetful, you should write it down, create a reminder maybe put it on your calendar. In the same way, I feel I could counter my shortcomings when hosting somebody, too:

If you are not a natural host maybe devising a guest room (we don’t have the space, but in theory…) and putting aside some resources just for the guests just as a bnb would do would lessen the stress.

I’ll try to observe closely what things make staying over here and being a host enjoyable. Let’s see what of the things we improvised this time, we could account for next time beforehand.

Having a guest (Friend of GF) over. My GF and me both are not natural hosts. We stress cleaned like crazy yesterday. First night of two went well tough. If the weather holds we might visit a short local trail later today.

Also: Just got my first vaccination. Thank goodness we are still allowed to go to Sauna!

Would’ve been good to inform the tenants more than 2 days in advance that the roof will be replaced and that it will take basically the whole summer.

We started watching 911 Lonestar (3 eps in) and we like it. I especially like it for making diversity the norm (within the circles of this fire dept.). Sometimes conflicts are resolved kinda quickly but then again there are only 10 eps in the season.

Speaking of @merlinmann: Got inspired to try something new, after seeing him enthusiastically rebooting Most Days.

Love the thought technology of doing stuff not because it’s gonna make me rich or whatever, but because it’s fun. This is fun. At least for now.

Hi!

So. Hi! I’m matti.

I’m a German living in north-eastern Finland. I work as a developer remotely for a German company. I have an academic background in history of science and technology.

Love a good chunk of the @merlinmann MPU, Maximumfun and some Incomparable Shows. Hi!

Just a slightly goofy picture of me sitting in a wooden boat, from a recent trip down the rapids around Ruuna in Eastern Finland.