Downsizing | Organizing Goddess - Part 6

All That Glitters

As I have written before, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure (see my earlier post of that name).  But what happens when you inherit another man’s treasure?   If something was important to someone you loved, does it become important to you? When my mother passed away two years ago, she left behind her beloved silver-plated flatware.  Like many women of her generation, my mother believed in pulling out her fine china, tablecloths, and silver-plated flatware whenever we had company.  After everyone went home, my…

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All The Right Moves

In the last few months, I have been working with a number of folks who are in the process of relocating, or who have recently relocated.  This is atypical for me because I am not an organizer who specializes in moves, as some of my colleagues do.  While these colleagues handle all the details of the move, my role in relocations is generally limited to “the stuff”. In my mind, there are four major steps in a moving project that…

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