{"id":6628,"date":"2017-06-19T11:21:47","date_gmt":"2017-06-19T09:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.marjoleininhetklein.com\/?p=6628"},"modified":"2017-10-20T11:22:05","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T09:22:05","slug":"were-jamming-like-crazy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.marjoleininhetklein.com\/en\/2017\/06\/19\/were-jamming-like-crazy\/","title":{"rendered":"We\u2019re jamming like crazy"},"content":{"rendered":"

My blogging activities are at a low level at the moment. I\u2019ve been incredibly busy these past few weeks, and I\u2019m looking forward to taking it easy for a while. How about a vacation! That\u2019s coming soon; I just have to hang in there a little bit.<\/em><\/p>\n

Of course it\u2019s great that things are going so well with my work. I can actually make a living. But I\u2019m working 6 days a week, up to 12 hours a day. And I\u2019m also still volunteering a lot for Tiny House Nederland. I\u2019ve noticed it\u2019s beginning to get the best of me. I\u2019m finding it increasingly difficult to let go of my work and need to remind myself to actually schedule free time. Isn\u2019t that weird? I never thought I would become this close to being a workaholic. But like I said, that vacation is on its way and then I\u2019m actually letting go of everything and will celebrate my vacation. I\u2019m going to the USA in August!<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

This year we\u2019re organising a Tiny House Nederland Jamboree, and it\u2019s kept me really busy lately. This is going to be a really cool event we\u2019ve been planning in collaboration with BouwEXPO Tiny Housing Almere, on the terrain of the BouwEXPO in Almere Poort. In\u00a0\u00a0this blogpost from Tiny House Nederland<\/a>\u00a0youcan read all about it. I\u2019ve been wanting to organise a Tiny House Nederland Jamboree for two years now, and this year it\u2019s actually going to happen. \u00a0In order to find inspiration I wanted to visit the Tiny House Jamboree in Colorado that would take place in August. Sadly, barely after buying my ticket to Denver the Jam got rescheduled to October in Texas. I couldn\u2019t cancel my ticket anymore, although I could rebook it. I could\u2019ve gone to the Jamboree in Texas, but that isn\u2019t until the Jamboree in the Netherlands has already taken place. So it wouldn\u2019t be of much use to go get inspired for the Dutch Jamboree. Maybe for next year it would\u2019ve been useful, but to be honest I was pretty much fed up. The communication about moving the event was a little clumsy, I must say. So instead I decided to fulfill my long desired dream of visiting New Orleans, and make it a two-week vacation!<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

Whoop whoop, USA here I come! And of course I can\u2019t leave without visiting Nashville; that city must be awesome too. A good place to jam, by the way. I\u2019m also going to see Memphis! When I told a friend about my plans, he said, \u2018I want to come with you!\u2019.\u00a0 So it\u2019s the two of us now, lots of fun! It\u2019s pretty shocking how much a trip like this costs. We\u2019re going for 16 days, we\u2019ve booked AirBnB\u2019s and will be renting a car. If I hadn\u2019t already bought that Denver ticket for the Jamboree, I wouldn\u2019t have booked a trip like this right now. I\u2019ve only just begun to work for myself! But maybe this was meant to be, and darn it, I\u2019ve worked hard enough for this. (See how I\u2019m defending my life choices again? How lame is that ;) )<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

In the meantime I\u2019m really busy with the organisation of our Jam. I\u2019ve found six really motivated volunteers with a whole lot of experience and a few weeks ago we had our first meeting. Turns out you can have a decent meeting of 7 people in a Tiny House! Tiny, how so? Roy Mosterd has designed a stunning logo for us and the first sponsors have already signed up. I\u2019m regularly deliberating with the BouwEXPO team and I\u2019m trying to get a few extra Tiny Houses to the Jam. That isn\u2019t just for the jam by the way. In October there\u2019s a public manifestation on the BouwEXPO Tiny Housing, and the Tiny House Nederland Jamboree is part of that. There will already be a few Tiny Houses from the BouwEXPO, but we would love to have many more! At a Tiny House event you should be able to look at as many Tiny Houses as possible. I\u2019m going to give it everything I can! Don\u2019t forget to mark your calendars for October 7th<\/sup>!<\/p>\n