A Special Announcement - We’re Moving

About this episode

Ann shares a personal story about downsizing their home and making space for family.

There’s a moment that comes—quietly, and then all at once—when a question stops being philosophical and starts becoming practical. For Ann and me, that question is this: What is enough… and what is it for? After 32 years in our home, we are in the midst of a significant transition. We’re moving from 2300 square feet—multiple closets, two walk-in storage areas, and the accumulated contents of three decades—into a one-bedroom, one-bath apartment downstairs, roughly 1000 square feet. And we’re doing it by choice. Not because we have to, but because we want to make space for something that matters more. Our daughter Amber, her husband Justin, and our grandchildren Logan and Piper are planning to move in before the school year begins in August. Which means… we’re making room. Literally. The Outer Work: Letting Go If you’ve ever lived in a home for 30+ years, you can probably imagine what this process looks like. Closets that quietly filled over time, storage areas that became repositories of “we might need this someday,” and objects that carry stories—some of them easy to release, and some of them surprisingly not. A box of old papers, a tool you haven’t used in years, a random item…

People in this episode

Host: Ann

Topics covered

• moving
• family
• letting go
• downsizing
• transition
• home

Keywords

• moving
• downsizing
• family
• letting go
• transition
• home

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