Too Much Stuff!
Too Much Stuff!

Author: Chris Weilert

Publisher:

Published: 2023-09-12

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781962133166

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Where Am I Supposed to Put All This Stuff?!Even though the average size of an American home has tripled in the last 50 years, this is the question so many Americans find themselves asking. We feel trapped by all this stuff! And why wouldn't we when¿¿ Rented storage is the fastest growing segment of commercial real estate and 1 in 10 Americans rent an offsite storage space.¿ 3.1% of the world's kids live in the US, but they own 40% of the toys.¿ Shopping malls outnumber high schools.¿ The typical American family spends $1,700 on clothes every year, but the average American throws away 65 pounds of clothing in the same time frame.¿ The home organization industry is worth $8 billion, a number that has more than doubled in just twenty years.We all need less stuff! But how do you do it without losing your mind?That's where humorist and author Chris R. Weilert comes in. He'll take you on a tour of all your stuff: what it is, how you got it, why it needs to go, and how you can get rid of it without making the Earth's problems any worse. With both humor and heart, Weilert will have you chuckling at the cute collection of porcelain children you were convinced you couldn't live without even as you box it up to get it out of your house.What are you waiting for? Now is your chance to lose all this stuff...without losing your sanity

Upscale Downsizing
Upscale Downsizing

Author: Leslie Linsley

Publisher: Union Square & Company

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781454921974

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Less CAN be more! Today, people are downsizing their space . . . while remaining upscale in taste. Using examples ranging from 600-square-foot apartments to a small cottage-style house, as well as inspirational real-life stories from downsizers, home-style guru Leslie Linsley shows readers how to achieve maximum aesthetic results. She offers solutions to every problem--storage tricks, entertaining in small spaces, flexible layouts, and more--all lavishly illustrated with over 200 full-color photographs.

Let It Go
Let It Go

Author: Peter Walsh

Publisher: Rodale

Published: 2017-02-14

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 1623367794

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Say goodbye to clutter, reduce stress, and live simply with this easy-to-use guide to downsizing! Whether you are selling your family home, blending households into a new home, or cleaning out your aging parents' home, sorting through a lifetime's worth of accumulated possessions can be a daunting and stressful experience. Decluttering guru Peter Walsh recently went through the process of downsizing his childhood home and dividing his late parents' family possessions. He realized that making these decisions about mementos and heirlooms creates strong emotions and can be an overwhelming chore. In Let It Go, Peter will help you turn downsizing into a rejuvenating life change with his useful tips and practical takeaways, including how to: • Understand the emotional challenges that accompany downsizing • Establish a hierarchy of mementos and collectibles • Calculate the amount of stuff you can bring into your new life • Create strategies for dividing heirlooms among family members without drama This new phase brings unexpected freedoms and opportunities, and Peter walks you through every step of the process. You’ll feel freer and happier than you ever thought possible once you Let It Go.

Downsizing
Downsizing

Author: David Ekerdt

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2020-06-16

Total Pages: 157

ISBN-13: 0231548559

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As life unfolds, things tend to accumulate. When older adults undergo health, residential, and marital changes, they will face a reckoning with their lifelong store of possessions—special, ordinary, and forgotten. Such a predicament now confronts tens of millions of Americans as the Baby Boom cohort passes into retirement and beyond. Despite what a thriving industry of clutter manuals tells us, for most older adults, downsizing is no simple task. Drawing on in-depth interviews with recent movers in over a hundred diverse U.S. households, David Ekerdt analyzes the downsizing process and what it says about the meaning and management of possessions. He details how households approach and accomplish downsizing, exploring the decision-making process and the effectiveness of different strategies. From an expert gerontological perspective, he considers the cognitive, physical, emotional, and social tasks that the process entails and the role of factors such as gender and class on the divestment of things. Ekerdt finds that despite the fatigue and emotional challenges people encounter, afterward they report satisfaction in having completed a downsizing and feel empowerment on the other side of the task. Offering an empathetic and practical look at one of life’s major transitions, Downsizing brings forward the voices of elders so that older adults, their families and friends, and practitioners working with older clients can understand and benefit from their experience.

Downsizing the U.S.A.
Downsizing the U.S.A.

Author: Thomas H. Naylor

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 9780802843302

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In this trenchant analysis of American society, Thomas Naylor and William Willimon take an unabashed stance against the belief that "bigger is better" and contend that there is a price to be paid for our uncritical affirmation of bigness.

Downsizing the Family Home
Downsizing the Family Home

Author: Marni Jameson

Publisher: Downsizing the Home

Published: 2016-01-05

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781454916338

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Sensitively counsels readers on how to downsize a family home filled with a lifetime of memories, sharing practical recommendations for strategies based on the expertise of antiques appraisers, garage-sale gurus, professional organizers and psychologists.