For years I had a recurring dream. The environment was different each time but the dream always ended the same way: I found a extra room in my home. Every time this happened my dream self had the same reaction "There it is! I knew I had one more room in this place!"
My colleagues in the world of psychotherapy can analyze this dream any way they please. I know what it really means: my apartment is too small. Sometimes an extra room is just an extra room.
Recently I haven't had this dream. I think I know why. We started getting offers for much bigger homes when we moved to a larger apartment. Most of the swap homes we have used in the past few years have been 4,000 square feet or larger.
In some ways having that much space is a luxury. Primarily, though, I find it to be a hassle. As a parent of two small children I don't enjoy stumbling down endless hallways to the children's wing of whichever McMansion we are using. And cleaning a gigantic house is an all-day project.
In fact, using large swap homes has made it very clear to me exactly how much space seems ideal. From experience with home exchange properties of various sizes I now think that adding about 50% more room on to my current apartment would be big enough. Without home exchange I might have imagined that bigger is always better. Now I know it isn't.
Home exchange helps us experience different living options. That can help us make life choices which will work better for us in the long run. Try different swap homes. You may find a new way to live, not just a great way to vacation.
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