Let It Go
by Peter Walsh
Downsizing with heart: sorting a lifetime of possessions, your own or a parent's, by memory and treasure, not guilt. Walsh at his most compassionate.
Read it if…
you are downsizing or clearing a parent's home.
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Skip it if…
you want general decluttering.
Try instead: Essential: Essays by The Minimalists →
Three things you will actually use
- Keep the treasures, not everything.
- Honor, then release.
- Downsizing is grief work.
Do this first
Read the chapter on memory items.
Our verdict
Walsh on downsizing.
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