5 Easy Steps to Downsize
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Ready to downsize? Follow these five steps to quickly get rid of at least half your belongings.
If you are thinking about downsizing, chances are that you have thought about the amount of stuff you have. Downsizing can be an appealing choice, but often times people are overwhelmed with the amount of work they would have to do. I've previously talked about reasons to downsize, but once you've made the decision to cut your living space in half (or less!), you are going to have to do some hard work to cut down your belongings to fit into the smaller home.
Round 1: Purge
Round 2: Group Duplicates
Round 3: Pick Your Favorites
Round 4: Purge Again
Round 5: Store Items During Transition
Downsizing can be scary, but it can also be very rewarding. If you're considering cutting down your living space, you might want to check out my episode, "6 Compelling Reasons to Downsize." It might help you figure out if you really do want to downsize, or if you are just romancing the notion.
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Published January 19th, 2016 5:05 PM
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Liliana Wells on Feb 13, 2016I have gone through this process twice in the past five or six years. Once we decided to retire, we started purging in anticipation of moving to Central America. That did not work out for us. So we decided to move from a large city to the country. That gave us motivation to examine what was left from the previous purge and let go of additional items. We still have too much. When I am tempted to buy something new, I say to myself "Do I need it or just want it?" "Where am I going to put it? "Do I have to dust it?" Downsizing is liberating.
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