What's in a license plate?
People tell me fascinating stories about their “stuff” and how they feel about their things. The questions: Should I keep it. Why am I keeping it. Is this the “old me” or the “new me.” I don’t remember why I kept this. Should I or shouldn’t I. What would I do with this if I kept it.
“Isn’t ‘downsizing’ about getting kicked out of your job?” the 40-ish business owner asked me at a business expo recently.
“Well, no, not if your 50+,” I replied, smiling inside.
There I stood at the expo, a business owner working with people who downsize their homes, not their jobs — because they are moving onto their next chapter.
How far things had come since I’d been downsized myself out of my career almost 10 years ago.
And then downsized my “stuff” after a few major life changes lay across my path like the aftermath of an ice storm in the woods.
Downsizing, or “rightsizing” (as in, for your next chapter of life) is catching on with ALL ages.
