My husband got invited to retire by his company.
Not his choice.
He started his own business.
We travel a lot and visit the kids.
Realizing I am staring my own mortality in the face due to health issues, I have decided to start going through all the stuff in our house and getting rid of anything I or the kids don’t want or need.
When my m-i-l passed, we had two places to clean out, on in FL and one in NY. She was not a pack rat by any means but what a massive job. I do not want to do that to my kids.
I want to make it as easy for them as possible.
They’ll still have their work cut out for them, but I don’t want to do to them what we had to go through.
Downsize now when you have a say in what goes where.
I have a 5 year plan “If you haven’t touched it in 5 years it needs tp go”
I’ll be 20 years digging out LOL
My Mom and Dad did all the downsizing before they moved out of their huge colonial house and into a condo. Then downsized again when they moved to a wonderful brand new retirement place. Dad passed first, then Mom about a decade later.We donated her furniture and I think we had about two boxes of personal effects to deal with.
Doing that in advance is a GREAT GIFT to your kids, indeed!