Guest Etiquette

One thing that is useful to keep in mind as a long term guest - and I assure you that there will be no shortage of long term guests in the coming decade - is that one should minimize distortions in space, such as belongings, personal markers, etc. A public space, or even someone else's space, is most inviting, and allows for more stable relations, when the space is "open" to all participants, or it is not colonized by any one personality. The converse provides a source of perpetual irritation, which has its own cumulative effects.