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Does it Spark Joy?

Originally printed November 29, 2016, Gray Matters, Times Standard Why are we so attached to stuff? Sometimes it’s based on the memories...

Moving Mom

Originally printed May 17, 2016 in Gray Matters, Times Standard My mother has moved more in her lifetime than most Army brats or people...

The Upside of Downsizing

Originally published August 23, 2016 in Boomers and Beyond, Times-Standard Less stuff, more time to visit beautiful local places. I’m a...

Spring Cleaning (not just for Spring Anymore)

Reprinted from Gray Matters, Times Standard, April 19, 2016 As we open our windows and doors and see the dust on all that stuff, maybe...

Set it (and Yourself) Free

Originally published in Gray Matters, Times Standard January 5, 2016 (Family hutch waiting for a new home at Miranda's Rescue) My father...

How to Lose Friends

Originally appeared on 1.24.17 in Times-Standard Your friends and family asked me to write this. Dale Carnegie’s famous “How to Win...

You might need to downsize if...

reprinted from Boomers and Beyond Times-Standard April 7, 2015 Do you have too much stuff? Are you thinking about moving but overwhelmed...

Ready, Set, Sell!

Reprinted from Gray Matters Times Standard January 26, 2016 (Selling my Castle) Note: I successfully downsized and sold my home in July...

Just 15 Minutes a Day

Reprinted from Gray Matters Times Standard October 6, 2015 According to a 2014 study, we are all being followed by our stuff — our own...

Past Downsizing Articles

I will be posting here some of the downsizing related articles I wrote during the time Gold Star Move Management was with Area 1 Agency...

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