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Finding the Right Resources When You Rightsize

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Types of Community Resources to Search For: When you begin to plan your strategy to rightsize it is very important to take time to find out what resources exist in your community. This will help you determine your options for dealing with your things. Resources for those many books you have collected over the years Look for a used book store to pass along your books. If you have a large collection of books that you are willing to let go of, there is a good chance that the bookseller […]

Avoid Long Term Storage

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STORAGE -TO STORE OR NOT TO STORE… One of our senior move managers recently put 80 boxes into storage for a client preparing to move to a smaller space. 80! Another client once asked me to go to a storage unit she had to clean out. She had not been to the unit for seven years and couldn’t even remember what was in it. She had paid a monthly fee for “stuff” she thought she would deal with at a later date. The money she had spent through those years […]

THE BENEFIT OF A LIGHTER LOAD!

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There are Benefits to simplicity and lightening up! It is a choice to experience these personal benefits: BENEFIT 1. Balanced Home – Choosing to eliminate some of the things in your home will bring you to a sense of clarity in your space. When busyness comes along in other ways — family challenges, health issues, or other things that need your attention, you will feel a sense of peace that the things in your home are not adding to the clutter of life. BENEFIT 2. Appreciation – By going through […]

Tips To Remember When Sorting Your Space

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“Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful or beautiful.” William Morris Moving from your home may not be in your future plans but downsizing and sorting through your stuff will create a less cluttered space and a fresh new look. Taking one project at a time over a period of weeks you will discover that your home will become more comfortable. Sorting through each space and finding things that you haven’t needed or used for a period of time will give you tremendous peace […]

A Floor Plan Tip for Your New Space

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Floor Plan Tip from the Desk of a Senior Move Manager: Once you have chosen your new space to move to, you must decide what furniture is going with you and creating a floor plan is a great way to help you do it. Using your new floor plan, pencil in the pieces you would like to take and where you would like them placed. Make sure you don’t take so much that your rooms will be cluttered. With today’s computer programs you can create a floor plan easily, just […]

Senior Downsizing: 6 Indicators That You Have TOO MUCH STUFF!!

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As a Senior I suspect that you already know if you’ve got too much stuff lying around or need to downsize your home, but here are some senior downsizing indicators to help you make your decision. Senior Downsizing Indicators When I go to hang up a shirt or blouse in the closet I have to push aside the other clothes to make space. I can’t see the floor in my closets. At least one bedroom has been turned into a storage area. We rent storage space or […]

Guilt – The Gift That Keeps on Giving – by Guest Blogger Julie Hall (The Estate Lady.com)

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Each day, I work closely with heirs stuggling with guilt when dealing with what their parents have left behind. Some parents leave more than others, and some downsize long before their time comes. Some are so attached to their possessions, they leave it all for their children to contend with. If I didn’t know any better, I’d swear they use their possessions as an anchor to this world, not fully understanding that when you are called to enter the heavenly gates, you can’t take a thing with you. You leave […]

Senior Downsizing – The Best Case Scenario

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Senior downsizing is best done early. Moving when you want to not when you have to is always the best case scenario. Why, because moving while you are still in charge, helps your well being in many ways. You can direct where you want to go, take the things you treasure with you and decide where the rest will go. Waiting too long can have dreadful consequences. A Senior Downsizing: Noreen Take Noreen, she had broken her hip and was convalescing but couldn’t regain her good health. She decided to […]

What About That Crawl Space?

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What crawl space you say? I have a basement! Whatever space you have that you use to put stuff in you are not using at the present time. That is what I am talking about. Every time I have to go down to the lower level of a home whether it be by a full staircase or a ladder type staircase I am in awe what people keep there. “I thought I might need it someday”, is what I hear when I begin to bring things out of the darkness. […]

Gentle Beginnings When Helping Seniors Downsize

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You know that feeling you get when you have to tackle a big project and aren’t sure where to begin? Imagine it; only now imagine your joints and muscles don’t move like they used to. Your vision is less sharp. Perhaps you even are in physical pain when you move around too much. You have some unspoken anxieties about aging. Oh, and imagine those feelings magnified tenfold. This is the feeling many aging parents have when their children approach them with the suggestion, “It is time to go through your […]