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Downsizing, To Move or Not to Move? That is the Question
Aging Well | Last Active: Mar 23 9:13pm | Replies (473)Comment receiving replies
My husband passed six years ago and since then I have moved 4 times - each time lightening my load. The first move I was upset when items were damaged during the move - but now I’m down to 10% of what I owned six years ago and realize … you can’t take it with you , so why haul it all around?!?! It’s been a challenge, I will give you that - but it gets easier AND I know I’m NOT leaving my kids the task. Not sure where I will live full time…. yet ! (Near kids, near friends? For the weather? … so many decisions and yet - how amazing to have options). The focus now ? trying to enjoy each day along the way. I wish you all the same.
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Good luck with everything, Mercer!
You're asking the right questions.
/LarryG
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Same here. I sold my house in 2017 and since then have moved 4 times. I'm now in a 530 sq ft senior apartment and still ruthlessly downsizing. It's very hard to get rid of the last holdouts with their memories and traditions attached, but my kids don't want them and I'm a different person now. One by one, I put them out where I can see them and remember all the good things about them, then when I'm ready, I thank them for their use and the pleasure they gave me, and sometimes I take a photo. Then I donate them so they can serve someone else. The very few things that represent people or events that mean something only to me are put into a small box. My intention is to leave the bare minimum for my kids to deal with when I'm gone.