Downsizing the Family Home: A Workbook: What to Save, What to Let Go Volume 2

Building on the award-winning Downsizing the Family Home, this guide--part journal, part workbook, part scrapbook--gently walks downsizers through their profound journey.

It's just stuff Maybe so, but sorting through it all and quieting the emotions that downsizing stirs up is difficult--whether you're going through your own or your parents' home. This indispensable workbook provides valuable advice and how-to checklists along with a place to reflect, record, and retain an important piece of family history, even as you let go.

Nationally syndicated columnist Marni Jameson covers these topics, and more:

• Nostalgia: Memories--not things--matter. Learn to let go of the guilt and sadness that downsizing awakens as you sort through the feelings along with the stuff.
• Endow: Discover why you cling to possessions, and find the freedom to move on to the next chapter in your life.
• Downsize: Roll up your sleeves and dive in Figure out what to toss, sell, donate, and keep, all while maintaining harmony in the family.
• Keepsakes: Save just enough to keep warm memories alive without creating clutter.

Readers can easily apply the tips and takeaways they'll learn here as they clear, sort, sell, save . . . and chronicle.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Union Square & Co.
Published: 01/02/2018
ISBN: 9781454926528
Pages: 160
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.90h x 7.70w x 0.50d