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Living in smaller spaces 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.

6 Baby Boomer Travel Trends
6 Baby Boomer Travel Trends

6 Baby Boomer Travel Trends

Many baby boomers are hoping to do more traveling as they enter their retirement years. After decades of cramming travel into long weekends and limited vacation time, new retirees often have a pent up desire to visit new places. Here's how baby boomers plan to travel in retirement: A travel bucket list. Many baby boomers [...]

By Rita Wilkins|2026-03-27T22:13:45+00:00July 18th, 2017|A Peek into Your Good Life, Aging in place, Baby Boomers, bucket list, community, lifestyle, living in smaller spaces, Renting Trend, retirement, simplify your life, Start Your Good Life, Starting the Good Life, travel|Comments Off

Baby boomers are downsizing — and the kids won’t take the family heirlooms
Baby boomers are downsizing — and the kids won’t take the family heirlooms

Baby boomers are downsizing — and the kids won’t take the family heirlooms

By Beth Teitell Globe Staff June 04, 2017 For 30 years, Pat Fryzel stored her children’s memorabilia, and her grandmother’s, too. But when she and her husband downsized, from a large Winchester home to a two-bedroom Boston town house, there was no room for the American Girl dolls or Nana’s cake plates. So Fryzel asked [...]

By Rita Wilkins|2026-03-27T22:13:46+00:00July 10th, 2017|A Peek into Your Good Life, Aging in place, Baby Boomers, bucket list, community, design trends, downsizing, Interior design, lifestyle, living in smaller spaces, minimalism, Renting Trend, retirement, simplify your life, Start Your Good Life, Starting the Good Life, Universal Design, walkable communities|Comments Off

10 Good Reasons To Sell That Big House and Get Rightsized
10 Good Reasons To Sell That Big House and Get Rightsized

10 Good Reasons To Sell That Big House and Get Rightsized

Thom and I are fortunate to be spending July in the coastal community of Ventura. As some of you know, where we live the majority of the year the temperature during the summer fluctuates between 110 and 120 degrees. Meanwhile, here near the beach, we are relishing the cool coastal breezes without air-conditioning. This will [...]

By Rita Wilkins|2017-07-08T02:22:09+00:00July 8th, 2017|A Peek into Your Good Life, Aging in place, Baby Boomers, bucket list, community, design trends, downsizing, Interior design, lifestyle, living in smaller spaces, minimalism, Renting Trend, retirement, simplify your life, Start Your Good Life, Starting the Good Life, travel, Universal Design, walkable communities|Comments Off

Sorry, Florida: Boomers looking to retire closer to home in active communities
Sorry, Florida: Boomers looking to retire closer to home in active communities

Sorry, Florida: Boomers looking to retire closer to home in active communities

John Leeke and his wife, Theresa, sold their five-bedroom house and moved to an age-restricted community for people 55 and older; the demand for health programs and amenities in these communities is growing as baby boomers enter retirement. MUST CREDIT: Photo by Justin T. Gellerson for The Washington Post. After living in Prince [...]

By Rita Wilkins|2017-07-03T01:45:18+00:00July 3rd, 2017|A Peek into Your Good Life, Aging in place, Baby Boomers, bucket list, community, design trends, downsizing, Interior design, lifestyle, living in smaller spaces, minimalism, Renting Trend, retirement, simplify your life, Start Your Good Life, Starting the Good Life, Universal Design, walkable communities|Comments Off

11 Trips You Need to Take As Soon As You Retire
11 Trips You Need to Take As Soon As You Retire

11 Trips You Need to Take As Soon As You Retire

by Patricia Doherty No more waiting for your annual vacation and then filling it end-to-end until you drag yourself back to work needing another week off. You are retired — and if you’re reading this, you probably love to travel. In fact, according to AARP’s 2017 survey, travel is at the top of 83 percent of Baby Boomers’ [...]

By Rita Wilkins|2017-06-27T16:08:43+00:00June 27th, 2017|A Peek into Your Good Life, Baby Boomers, bucket list, Interior design, lifestyle, living in smaller spaces, minimalism, Renting Trend, retirement, simplify your life, Start Your Good Life, Starting the Good Life, travel, walkable communities|Comments Off

Why Apartments are Booming with Baby Boomers
Why Apartments are Booming with Baby Boomers

Why Apartments are Booming with Baby Boomers

There is a rental-demographic that’s feeling quite young and spry. And old age isn’t something they’d be thinking about for years. If you were thinking Millennials, then you’re wrong. It’s the Baby Boomers, most of whom will turn 65 by 2030. Every single day, for the next decade, about 10,000 Baby Boomers will become 65 [...]

By Rita Wilkins|2017-06-23T01:45:32+00:00June 23rd, 2017|A Peek into Your Good Life, Aging in place, Baby Boomers, bucket list, community, design trends, downsizing, Interior design, lifestyle, living in smaller spaces, minimalism, Renting Trend, retirement, simplify your life, Start Your Good Life, Starting the Good Life, travel, Universal Design, walkable communities|Comments Off

Less size, more bells and whistles evident in 2017 Parade of Homes
Less size, more bells and whistles evident in 2017 Parade of Homes

Less size, more bells and whistles evident in 2017 Parade of Homes

Aaron Lange has been building and selling houses for 20 years and has recently noticed something about the industry he once couldn’t have imagined. More and more buyers are asking for less – not more — square footage. VIEW SLIDESHOW 10 photos The Parade of Homes that began last weekend and continues this weekend in [...]

By Rita Wilkins|2026-03-27T22:13:49+00:00May 22nd, 2017|A Peek into Your Good Life, Aging in place, Baby Boomers, bucket list, community, design trends, downsizing, Interior design, lifestyle, living in smaller spaces, minimalism, retirement, simplify your life, Universal Design|Comments Off

It would probably be a surprise to some people, but I'm actually a rather sentimental person. Growing up I hung onto pretty much any and everything until my parents moved away from my childhood home last year and I couldn't keep putting off going through all those memories. I'm glad that our minimalist mindset was [...]

By Rita Wilkins|2026-03-27T22:13:50+00:00May 18th, 2017|A Peek into Your Good Life, Aging in place, Baby Boomers, downsizing, Interior design, lifestyle, living in smaller spaces, minimalism, retirement, simplify your life, Start Your Good Life, Starting the Good Life|Comments Off

6 Lies that Keep Our Homes and Lives Cluttered
6 Lies that Keep Our Homes and Lives Cluttered

6 Lies that Keep Our Homes and Lives Cluttered

Whenever we decide to embrace a major change in life, we are forced to evaluate our thoughts and beliefs. Major changes—whether chosen or unchosen—compel us to pay attention to what is happening in our mind. We look deep to determine truth from myth. And let’s face it: all of us have lies that we tell ourselves—even without [...]

By Rita Wilkins|2017-05-08T12:46:33+00:00May 8th, 2017|A Peek into Your Good Life, Aging in place, Baby Boomers, bucket list, community, design trends, downsizing, Interior design, lifestyle, living in smaller spaces, minimalism, Renting Trend, retirement, simplify your life, Start Your Good Life, Starting the Good Life|Comments Off

3 reasons why downsizing isn’t just for empty-nesters
3 reasons why downsizing isn’t just for empty-nesters

3 reasons why downsizing isn’t just for empty-nesters

Downsizing into a smaller home has been a rite of passage almost exclusively for empty-nesters and retirees. But as home prices and mortgage rates rise and the inventory of homes for sale shrinks, younger generations might find upsides to downsizing earlier in life. If you don’t need a bigger home, downsizing earlier could work in [...]