When you are pre-retirement age and, are blessed, you are beginning to think about where do I go from here? Those "Boomers" who have done very well are either thinking about in what climate they want to spend their remaining years and what kind of house they want to spend them in.
Then, there are the rest of us who have also done very well and realize it is time to do every home improvement we can to make our treasured homes something to be proud of when selling prior to the next place.....be it retirement home, something smaller or the great beyond.
Either way there is a tremendous amount of work to do first......you are going to have to get rid of a lot of stuff. Everyone has stuff. Not talking about finances, involvements and ventures, I'm talking about the little things you chose to keep.
For either group the task can become quite overwhelming. You can't just hire someone to come in and take it all away before you even look at it. First, it must be pretty important for you to have kept it for so long unless, of course, you are a hoarder. We've all seen the shows and very possibly know someone who is one and the task of moving them anywhere requires teams of professionals.
This is about those of us who treasure things and have always made some type of effort to "LET GO". For some reason you have chosen an object so important that it has stayed in your home for decades. Whether it be a collection of things or those with sentimental value; it is time to purge.
One the biggest legacies I hope to leave my children is that when I gone they won't have to clean up after me that much. It's inevitable that they will have to do some but, my hope is that my treasures don't become their trash. I certainly don't expect them to keep it all in a shrine to me. My wish is that the things I've kept at the end bring them joy and a memory. And, I hope that my entire collection of stuff is not saved for their own children.
Remember all this when selling your home.
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