Downsizing and Letting Go: Stuff

Older and younger people alike are reconsidering the size of their homes and how many belongings they should own. Decluttering and downsizing are in vogue, and many people conduct regular inventories to assess which belongings they have not used or touched during the previous year. “Moving from a regular house into a tiny house brought that reckoning forward for me,” writes Nick Barnett for Stuff. “I learned that downsizing is a matter partly of changing habits of thinking, partly of practice makes perfect.” He reviews the stages in how reduced his possessions, advising to divide these in categories – keep, recycle, donate, sell or toss. The sorting triggers memories and gives people the opportunity to determine what is precious in life. – YaleGlobal