Downsizing

[bowmore]

yep and if you lived your life with nothing in between birth & death , what a miserable life that would be....

The Dash​

the poem by Linda Ellis
I read of a man who stood to speak at the funeral of a friend. He referred to the dates on the tombstone from the beginning… to the end.
He noted that first came the date of birth and spoke of the following date with tears, but he said what mattered most of all was the dash between those years.
For that dash represents all the time they spent alive on earth and now only those who loved them know what that little line is worth.
For it matters not, how much we own, the cars… the house… the cash. What matters is how we live and love and how we spend our dash.
So think about this long and hard; are there things you’d like to change? For you never know how much time is left that still can be rearranged.
To be less quick to anger and show appreciation more and love the people in our lives like we’ve never loved before.
If we treat each other with respect and more often wear a smile… remembering that this special dash might only last a little while.
So when your eulogy is being read, with your life’s actions to rehash, would you be proud of the things they say about how you lived your dash?

 

[PamfromTx]

Hey, if leather bound, they may be worth money...take a good look at them and check it out. Any first editions in the mix?

No first editions. He's does not want to sell them but rather give them to his two nephews who he knows will treasure them.

 

[Liberty]

No first editions. He's does not want to sell them but rather give them to his two nephews who he knows will treasure them.

Sounds like a good plan. Nice to have someone come along after you that also values your "stuff".

 

[Trila]

I don’t like being retired. My task now is downsizing, specifically a bunch of musical instruments.

I talked to the shop where I bought most of them, the first was a 5 string banjo in 1976.

He will buy all of them, which makes it easier than selling privately. I have to get them all cleaned up (a big job) then drive there - 50 some miles - next week. I should get a few grand for everything.

But they won’t even make a dent in my mountain of junk.

I know all about mountains of accumulated junk....I'm a 3rd generation "saver". I wish you luck.

 

[mrstime]

We retired from work.. had a nice home but too much work and didn`t need such a large home so we bought a relocatable home I guess what you would call over there a mobile home but ours doesn`t move we just live on the land and pay rent for the land in a nice village park .. home is comfy and the cash we had from the home we travelled everywhere we needed to go .. so glad I did as now I wouldn`t be able to do it with the way my legs are and my neuropathy problems with pain.. have been to 10 countries all up and even had a few nights bed and breakfast in a Castle in England we loved every bit of it even if it took most of our cash it was worth it .. we manage now with less and as Packerjohn says we leave with nothing so having lots of memories is precious ..and doing Genealogy has helped me pass a lot of time..

We down sized to a Mobile home because in Canada most homes have basements. 40 years ago the Doctor told me to stay off stairs. Awful hard to do with a basement. So 15 years ago we sold our house and bought a mobile home with good sized addition. Finally no stairs! We are in a senior park and love it except for losing friends, as today.

 

[dseag2]

Immediately after I retired in June 2021 I started cleaning out the garage. Got rid of all the lawn equipment because we haven't cared for our own lawn since 2006. Next, cleaned out the master bedroom closet. I was Type A during my career so I guess I just needed something to do. Also, I had to clean out my dad's house after he passed and my mother's house when she moved to assisted living. I don't want someone else to have that task when I can no longer live in our house.

 

[officerripley]

We down sized to a Mobile home because in Canada most homes have basements. 40 years ago the Doctor told me to stay off stairs. Awful hard to do with a basement. So 15 years ago we sold our house and bought a mobile home with good sized addition. Finally no stairs! We are in a senior park and love it except for losing friends, as today.

Sorry for the loss of your friends, mrstime.

 

[mrstime]

Sorry for the loss of your friends, mrstime.

Thank you, the man who died and his wife (who is very much alive) were and are the finest human beings we have ever been lucky enough to meet. He was the kind of person who would do anything to help anyone in need, was sweet and had a puckish sense of humor, he will be missed by everyone who knows him. Because this a senior park, he is not the first nor will he be the last, but he will be missed more than any of the others.

 

[Jackie23]

I did a big downsizing about 10 years ago....but it is still an ongoing thing, I need to work on my closet now, with the pandemic and staying home, I just do not wear even a fourth of my clothes/shoes/bags....my world gets smaller and smaller but that is ok as things no longer matter and the older I get the less I can take care of...and so it goes.