Downsizing for Baby Boomers posts by Rita Wilkins. Rita is a renowned expert in decluttering and minimalism, empowering individuals to simplify their lives through practical tips and resources, while also captivating audiences as a professional speaker and author.

How to Clean Up Your Entire Life This Fall

By Rita Wilkins The Downsizing Designer Whether it is time to begin considering retirement or you are just looking for ways to simplify your life, decluttering can be a great place to start. The beginning of a new season is an excellent time to form new habits and make lifestyle changes. Here are a few [...]

By |2023-08-23T08:08:36+00:00September 13th, 2021|baby boomer downsizing, Baby Boomers, decluttering tips, downsizing after retirement, downsizing for baby boomers, downsizing in your 70s, retirement, Rita Wilkins The Downsizing Designer.|Comments Off on How to Clean Up Your Entire Life This Fall
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How To Make Downsizing Easy

How Downsizing Can Help You Get Ready For Retirement  More and more baby boomers are reaching a point where they’re eager to begin retirement. Retirement age is also the age many baby boomers begin to seriously consider downsizing. For many, however, the idea of downsizing is overwhelming. Where do you even start? How do you know which [...]

By |2026-03-27T22:05:20+00:00September 2nd, 2021|baby boomer downsizing, decluttering tips, design ideas, downsizing after retirement, downsizing for baby boomers, downsizing in your 70s, downsizing tips, how do i get rid of stuff, living in smaller spaces|Comments Off on How To Make Downsizing Easy
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100 Places to Donate Your Stuff to a Good Cause

By Rita Wilkins The Downsizing Designer If you are like many baby boomers right now, you might be looking around your home wondering where did all of this stuff come from? You’ve started to notice, especially during Covid just how much clutter is piling up and how much stress the mess is causing. You realize [...]

By |2021-08-30T15:03:12+00:00September 2nd, 2021|baby boomer downsizing, community, decluttering tips, downsizing tips, minimalism, motivation|Comments Off on 100 Places to Donate Your Stuff to a Good Cause
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5 Reasons Why Downsizing Is Good for Your Health, Well-Being… and Your Social Life

By Rita Wilkins The Downsizing Designer Do you have a morning routine that is so sacred to you that you can’t imagine living life without it? It’s your time to prioritize YOU! Get up early Go out in nature Go for a walk Eat a healthy breakfast Read your prayer journal Whatever your morning routine [...]

By |2026-03-27T22:13:35+00:00August 25th, 2021|baby boomer downsizing, Baby Boomers, challenges of downsizing, decluttering tips, downsizing after retirement, downsizing for baby boomers, simplicity, simplify your life|Comments Off on 5 Reasons Why Downsizing Is Good for Your Health, Well-Being… and Your Social Life
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Downsizing For Retirement In Your 60s 

Ready To Prepare For Retirement In Your 60s By Downsizing?  Are you looking into retirement? Not sure if you should keep your current living situation or move into somewhere smaller and more affordable? Wondering how you’ll manage all of your stuff in a smaller living situation? Hi, I’m Rita Wilkins, the Downsizing Designer. Not so long ago, I was [...]

By |2026-03-27T22:05:18+00:00August 19th, 2021|Aging in place, baby boomer downsizing, challenges of downsizing, decluttering tips, downsizing after retirement, downsizing for baby boomers, downsizing in your 70s, how do i get rid of stuff, how to utilize space in your house, living in smaller spaces, Rita Wilkins The Downsizing Designer.|Comments Off on Downsizing For Retirement In Your 60s 
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Settle for Less: Life After Downsizing

By Rita Wilkins The Downsizing Designer From a very early age, we were told to never “settle for less” and that if you were not living “the life”, you were probably settling. You were probably told that by your parents, your best friend, or maybe even your mentor, and I’m sure that they meant well when [...]

By |2021-08-16T15:11:54+00:00August 19th, 2021|baby boomer downsizing, downsizing after retirement, downsizing for baby boomers, downsizing tips|Comments Off on Settle for Less: Life After Downsizing
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Getting Started On Downsizing In Your 60s

Don’t Wait To Get Started Downsizing And Decluttering Your Life  Are you overwhelmed by a lifetime’s worth of stuff in your home? Do you find yourself wishing you could declutter your life? Do you feel lost when you think about how to start downsizing and decluttering? Don’t worry – you’re not alone. My name is Rita Wilkins. [...]

By |2026-03-27T22:05:17+00:00August 12th, 2021|baby boomer downsizing, challenges of downsizing, decluttering tips, downsizing after retirement, downsizing for baby boomers, downsizing in your 70s, how to utilize space in your house|Comments Off on Getting Started On Downsizing In Your 60s
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Life Changing Decision to Downsize in Your 60s

By Rita Wilkins The Downsizing Designer The thought of Downsizing strikes fear in the hearts of many baby boomers. The thought of leaving the home where they raised their kids, the memories, and the neighbors they would leave behind. The monumental task of going through and getting rid of years of accumulations, everything from inherited [...]

By |2023-03-06T09:34:11+00:00August 12th, 2021|Aging in place, baby boomer downsizing, Baby Boomers, challenges of downsizing|Comments Off on Life Changing Decision to Downsize in Your 60s
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Lose the Clutter, but Not the Memories: The Downsizing Designer’s 5 Step Guide

By Rita Wilkins The Downsizing Designer I’m so glad to be here with you again. Many of you might know I took a few weeks off because I moved from my tiny Philadelphia jewel box apartment to a right-size small home in Historic New Castle Delaware built in the 1780s. I chose this home and [...]

By |2021-07-30T14:29:20+00:00August 2nd, 2021|baby boomer downsizing, Baby Boomers, decluttering tips, downsizing, downsizing after retirement, downsizing for baby boomers, downsizing in your 70s, downsizing tips, Rita Wilkins The Downsizing Designer., simplify your life|Comments Off on Lose the Clutter, but Not the Memories: The Downsizing Designer’s 5 Step Guide
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The Physical and Emotional Challenges Faced When Downsizing in Your 60s and 70s

By Rita Wilkins The Downsizing Designer In my career as an interior designer, I have helped clients upsize, right size, and downsize. Moving is a challenge no matter what your age or size of your home, but there is something different and very unique when you choose to downsize in your 60s and 70s. For [...]

By |2021-07-22T13:27:51+00:00July 22nd, 2021|Aging in place, baby boomer downsizing, Baby Boomers, downsizing, downsizing after retirement, downsizing for baby boomers, downsizing in your 70s, downsizing tips|Comments Off on The Physical and Emotional Challenges Faced When Downsizing in Your 60s and 70s
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