Zone 2 is how most people think of their yard/garden. It's a space that is functionally outside. Less attention is needed here, but still requires attention. Think a few times a week rather than the every day visits that Zone 1 (Permaculture Zone 1) require.
Rather than using traditional composting methods, Zone 2 can take sheet mulching. Because your goal is to only need to visit this area a few times per week, the area should be designed to only require that much attention. The plants should probably be of the lower maintenance variety - tomatoes, peppers, lettuce - and the planting/mulching should be done in a way that crowds out the weeds.
It's also a little further out from the house.
Relating this to personal spaces, your personal Zone 2 could be other people's bedrooms or rooms that are not really meant for your daily use - like the well maintained/expensive theater room. Maybe even the functional but hidden laundry room. You can certainly go in and participate, but it's one step toward being less your space. It's not that you're not invited per se, but it sometimes makes more sense for you to be explicitly invited.
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