October 27, 2023

Downsizing without filling the landfill

 My husband and I are in the process of selling our house and moving furniture and belongings into storage while we wait for our desired home to hit the market. So we have spent the last two weeks sorting through stuff we accumulated from 32 years in the same house plus possessions, photos, letters and more from a lifetime of accumulation. We are deep into "Swedish Death Cleaning!" Check out the book:

The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and Your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter by Margareta Magnusson https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35297297-the-gentle-art-of-swedish-death-cleaning

Read about lots of options for giving away or selling your stuff:

My Quest to Downsize Without Throwing Anything Away

A big old house full of belongings — could I find them all a new life?

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/how-we-downsized-and-sold-our-house-without-creating-waste.html 

We still ended up filling our trash and recycling cans many times over. 

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