Let It Go: The Memoirs of Dame Stephanie Shirley: The Entrepreneur Turned Ardent Philanthropist

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Various materials, bought at different times, on trips when I had forgotten to pack them or we got a sudden cold snap. I don't have to downsize, but I read it anyway since I *want* to get rid of a significant amount of stuff in my current home. after I’m gone, I want my children and grandchildren to remember me for these characteristics, things I did, or experiences I had. Peter Walsh is the author of seven previous books, including the New York Times bestsellers It’s All Too Much and Enough Already! The early days of Stephanie starting her 'all female' computing business from home were interesting and inspiring.

Keep your treasures so they fit on your dining room table otherwise everything loses values if you have too much. The author arrived in England, aged 5, as a refugee from German, when her parents had the foresight and courage to send her and her nine year old sister on the Kinder Transport that brought Jewish children to safety in Great Britain before the start of WWII.

It also challenges many of the negative impressions people have about downsizing, and encourages us to reframe the process as a positive and cathartic experience. Old age and steadily advancing dementia made her last few years difficult, and then, hard as it was to believe, she was gone, too.

Those boxes held the last few treasures that were important to my mother, Kath, at the very end of her exceptional life. You can downsize in a way that gives you peace of mind and helps you enjoy the next stage of your life to the maximum.

In the back of the book, we have extra notes in the hope that it will again open up conversations between adults and children. Keep them) But save photos and personal stuff till very end of getting rid of stuff— they are a time suck!

Humans tend to designate different spaces for different activities, which is why we like to keep related objects together and why we think of objects as having a specific place in our homes.

Full disclosure: I have not read this book, but my mother has and it has SAVED what would have been a disastrous move. Also, I don't really appreciate that he's riding the "Let it Go" wave (and even mentions the song at one point).