Our Road to Downsizing – with 7 tips to help you downsize

Downsizing

Are you at that age or time in life that it seems downsizing is appropriate? Have you recently retired or are thinking about retiring soon? Are you thinking about moving to the state that your children and spouses and grandkids moved to, hundreds of miles away? Whatever the reason, here are 7 tips to help you make that decision go smoother.

1. Making the big decision

The hardest part of downsizing was convincing my husband to move. I’m the person that handles the finances in our family. It took a lot of convincing, to get him there. I looked at many houses without him, since he can eliminate a house by driving by it and he didn’t want to move. He had his list of must-haves and his list grew as time went on. It started with a place to store his boat, an office area, and a garden area. Eventually, he added a pool to his list and solar panels. My list included three beds, two baths, and about 1800 square feet maximum. And I refused to have a house payment, anymore.

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Forty-three Years and Counting

Today my husband and I celebrate 43 years of marriage. Some people would say we were celebrating forty-three years of wedded bliss. Is that even possible? In any marriage I believe there are ups and downs. No matter how much in love you are the day you get married, as the years go on there are always a few hiccups. Maybe even major coughing spells.

Could I ever have imagined that we would have made it this long? We have been married over 2/3 of our lives. That seems unbelievable to me. I never planned on getting divorced. Even through the tough times, I didn’t want our marriage to fail. We promised in our wedding vows, in front of a church full of people, that we would be married till death do us part. But most important, we promised in front of God. When times were tough, a friend said that in her marriage, God had never told her to leave her husband. God never told me to leave either. I really don’t think He will.

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