Big life changes often go hand in hand with cleaning out a home — but it doesn’t mean it’s the same every time. Downsizing a home for retirement is a different process than decluttering after someone dies. How a person cleans space for the next chapter should be known as “rightsizing,” one author said.
People say their memories and all the great times. You can have great times in the next house, and your memories stay with you. You get to take them, so memories are not a good reason to stay in the house that is no longer serving you. I really believe in course correction. Sometimes change is right but the change you make is wrong, so you should always be nimble and allow yourself the ‘what if’ plan. What if it doesn’t work out? So I moved from Colorado to Florida 10 years ago. I said, what if it doesn’t work out? I knew I could move back to Colorado. I knew I could make a U-turn. Fortunately, Florida liked me and my daughter and it worked out. But just know you can course correct.