A companion book to the author's successful Downsizing the Family Home, this workbook/journal for people downsizing their own family home will provide prompts that help organize, motivate, guide, and comfort them over the course of the journey.

Building on the award-winning Downsizing the Family Home, this guide-part journal, part workbook, part scrapbook-gently walks downsizers through their profound journey. It's just stuff! Maybe so, but sorting through it all and quieting the emotions that downsizing stirs up is difficult-whether you're going through your own or your parents' home. This indispensable workbook provides valuable advice and how-to checklists along with a place to reflect, record, and retain an important piece of family history, even as you let go. Nationally syndicated columnist Marni Jameson covers these topics, and more: ·Nostalgia: Memories-not things-matter. Learn to let go of the guilt and sadness that downsizing awakens as you sort through the feelings along with the stuff. ·Endow: Discover why you cling to possessions, and find the freedom to move on to the next chapter in your life. ·Downsize: Roll up your sleeves and dive in! Figure out what to toss, sell, donate, and keep, all while maintaining harmony in the family. ·Keepsakes: Save just enough to keep warm memories alive without creating clutter.Readers can easily apply the tips and takeaways they'll learn here as they clear, sort, sell, save . . . and chronicle.