I live in the middle of Silicon Valley where some of the richest companies in the world have their headquarters. There are thousands of millionaires, and in 2018 there were a reported 74 billionaires. There was a story recently on the news about how the board of a local very popular college was trying to […]
Getting Ready to Downsize Your Home? Declutter Your Feelings First
Are you about to begin downsizing your home or beginning to think about it? I went through a major downsizing of my home last year. It can be an exhausting process physically to get rid of 60-70-80% of what you own. I found it really helpful to hire a professional downsizer. She was invaluable in […]
Reevaluating What’s Important as You Downsize Your Home
Last year I went through a major downsizing of my home. Are you preparing to do this? Are you thinking it may soon be time? For many of us, going through this process can be difficult and even painful at times. It certainly was for me, as I’ve discussed in my book The Upside of […]
The Importance of Friends in Downsizing Your Home
I went through a major downsizing last year. I wouldn’t have made it through without lots of help from my friends. The very first actual step I took toward what would become a four-month downsizing process was accepting my friend Lynn’s offer to help me do whatever I needed to get done on a chilly, […]
I Am Not My Things
Downsizing your home. For some of us this is a daunting prospect. And yet, it is something that many, many of us will face at some point in our lives. I faced it some time ago, and have chronicled many of my emotional experiences in my book called The Upside of Downsizing: Getting to Enough, […]