Remembering Downsizing
Remembering Downsizing
By Catherine Pulsifer © 2007
- less heating costs
- a cozier home!
For many years, I worked for a major corporation. I loved my work with the exception of the times when my boss would start talking about the need to downsize.
That meant I would have to let someone go.
When we made the decision to simplify our life, we started our search for a home in New Brunswick.
There were many homes we considered.
One particular home I fell in love with had five bedrooms and three bathrooms. On discussing it with my husband, he brought up the term downsizing. Immediately, I had flashbacks to my prior days that involved letting someone go; what was he talking about downsizing as we talked about our new home?
After discussing his downsizing theory with him, I came to realize this meant letting go of space and material things that no longer fit our lifestyle.
At first, I was a bit apprehensive about this concept being applied to my personal life. But, after thinking about first downsizing to a smaller home, I could immediately see the benefits:
- less housework
But, a cozier home meant less room for material things. We found the house, we moved in, box after box.
I soon realized that this cozy home would not accommodate the collection of material things we had accumulated over the years.
I should mention we utilized every square inch of our new home, with renovations, built in book cases, and shelving units. And, as I started unpacking the boxes we had to make decisions on what we really wanted and what was truly just going to collect dust.
Now, four years later, I can honestly say the items we gave to the Salvation Army, to friends and family were not missed.
So, now when I hear the term downsizing, I have a totally different feeling about it.
For me, downsizing means living simply with the things that mean something.
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