Downsizing

Downsizing can be scary.

Generally you're talking about moving into a living situation with less square footage than the one you currently occupy. Whether you're going from a mansion to a townhouse, a studio apartment to a boat, or a condo to assisted living, downsizing requires taking a serious look at how you live and what you have.

It gets even more complicated when other people's possessions are involved, whether they were inherited from a parent or left behind by an adult child. Children or a spouse who don't want to talk about these issues can also get in your way.

For seniors, downsizing is particularly problematic. It's taken a lifetime to accumulate all those wonderful things, after all. But nobody knows your possessions better than you do. Nobody is better positioned to make decisions about what is and isn't of sentimental or monetary value.

At its core, downsizing isn't about what you get rid of. It's about what you choose to keep.

It's easy to put off these decisions, but when you have the luxury of time and personal involvement, everything moves more smoothly.

Working through the downsizing process with an organizing professional offers a set of fresh eyes and ideas as well as an impetus to get started and keep moving. Let us help you work out a manageable plan and then implement it. Like any other organizing project, it will be developed with you and your possessions at its heart.

Yes, you need to ask yourself some tough questions.

What can you deal with now and what can wait? What should you do with the things you don't need or want? How can you make realistic decisions you can live with happily?

But the toughest questions are simple: Am I ready to do this? Is it time?

When the answer to either one is yes, or even maybe, let's talk.