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Originally Posted by ilovetv
Don't allow a big house and "stuff" you don't need to rule your life. It was supposed to serve you, not the other way around.
With all the stuff in the house and barn, once you've picked out what would fit in a minivan with the back and side windows bare, get an auctioneering company to sell it all in one day on auction.
Otherwise it's gonna be months and even years of "Well who's gonna take THIS thing nobody can lift and they won't even pay $5 for it??"
Bringing no furniture and buying new or gently used living room, dining room and bedroom groups here makes it refreshing to come, too. A few visits to Bargains & Treasures in Nov. and Dec. will show you how many people bring dark old furniture that's too big or dated like the 1970's and they're selling it because they shouldn't have paid $1 a pound to bring it. Visits there will also show where all 1970s and 1990s china cabinets die.
But I should add: the resale and consignment furniture stores have beautiful and unusual and expensive, barely used things, too. It's a fun way to get nice things affordably.
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I agree your stuff can actually consume you. We had to "fight" our stuff before downsizing but you can do it and win a whole new lifestyle. We have friends who never really fought and they are still letting all their stuff consume them. Can't help someone who won't help themselves.
You come in this world with nothing and you go out with nothing.