Rightsizing Your Life:
Simplifying Your Surroundings While Keeping What Matters Most
Publisher: Hachette Book Group/Springboard Press, 2007
ISBN: 0821258133
Nonfiction
Named by the Wall Street Journal as “One of the Top 5 Books on Retirement,” Rightsizing is more than a handbook about the process of planning a new environment, jettisoning a lifetime’s worth of surplus household items, and moving painlessly into a more suitable space. It is also a comprehensive guide to the emotional passage that this winnowing process entails, providing a prescription for dealing with the internal hurdles that can easily sabotage sensible decision-making.
The paring down of a lifetime of possessions and furnishing a “new” life with things that have meaning liberates people in mid-life to pursue their passions such as travel or hobbies without the responsibilities of too much “stuff” weighing them down.