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[quote=Anonymous]My father never downsized nor did he move from his 1400 sq ft home and died at 80. My brothers and I had a lot of hard work cleaning up so we could sell the house. My mother retired at 65 bought a 30 acre farm and worked that until she was 80...then had a stroke at 85..never downsized. More hard work getting her stuff sorted out and the property sold. My in-laws are in their early 80's with significant health issues and are only now downsizing and moving. Its been a tremendous strain on their health. My husband and I are in our late 50's  - the kids will graduate college in the next few years - we are downsizing our stuff now - we have no plans to sell since we are in a ranch and it could be a great house to age in place in.

The downsizing is taking time but its so much better to manage this now when we have the health and energy. Plus the kids have been helpful when they come home going through their stuff. Who knows what our future holds, but I don't want to burden our kids the way my parents did with never taking the time to clean up their stuff. [/quote]

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