Rightsizing Your Life: Simplifying Your Surroundings While Keeping What Matters Most

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Chapter 1: What Is Rightsizing?
Whether it's going from the multi-bedroom suburban house to the city condo, or from a country and city house to one cozy cottage, millions of Americans in the coming years will face the task of planning a shift to smaller or more practical quarters

Chapter 1: Who Is Rightsizing? : Part 2
I reacted with tears and a sudden urge to kill. How dare my husband consign this sentimental trophy to the trash! How had it come to this? What had possessed us to abandon our beautiful home in Southern California for a tiny urban apartment, stashing most

Chapter 1: Who Is Rightsizing? : Part 3
Some studies show that the number of households without children will increase dramatically as the boomers' kids fly the coop. Meanwhile the National Directory of Lifestyle Communities database claims six times as many new active-adult community building

Whether it's going from the multi-bedroom suburban house to the city condo, or from a country and city house to one cozy cottage, millions of Americans in the coming years will face the task of planning a shift to smaller or more practical quarters, paring down a lifetime of possessions and furnishing their new lives with things that have meaning. This simplification of surroundings and "stuff" will liberate people in mid-life to pursue their passions such as travel or hobbies without the responsibilities of a big house weighing them down.

Rightsizing will be more than a handbook about the process of planning a new environment, jettisoning a lifetime's worth fo surplus household items, and moving painlessly into a more suitable space. It will also be the first comprehensive guide to the emotional passage that this winnowing process entails, providing a prescription for the internal hurdles that can easily sabotage sensible decision making.

Ciji Ware has been a print and broadcast journalist for twenty-five years, best known as a health and lifestyle commentator for ABC in Los Angeles. She is the author of Sharing Parenthood After Divorce and more recently, five historical novels..

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