Starting the Good Life 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 Successfully Downsize Your Home

The era of the McMansion is coming to an end. Families are recognizing the benefits of downsizing to smaller homes over enormous showplaces. When was the last time you used your formal living room, guest room, media room, or dining room? How much do those unused rooms cost in your mortgage, electricity bill, furniture and [...]

By |2016-08-13T00:04:40+00:00August 13th, 2016|A Peek into Your Good Life, Baby Boomers, downsizing, lifestyle, living in smaller spaces, minimalism, Renting Trend, retirement, simplify your life, Start Your Good Life, Starting the Good Life|Comments Off on How to Successfully Downsize Your Home
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How I Became a Minimalist (Why I Choose to Live with Less)

Growing up (or even just a few short years ago) I never, ever would have imagined writing a post about how I became a minimalist. If you’re not familiar with the term, a minimalist is, simply defined, someone who decides to be intentional about what things (possessions, people, ideas) they include in their life. Practically, [...]

By |2016-08-10T17:55:11+00:00August 10th, 2016|A Peek into Your Good Life, Baby Boomers, bucket list, downsizing, lifestyle, living in smaller spaces, minimalism, simplify your life, Start Your Good Life, Starting the Good Life, travel|Comments Off on How I Became a Minimalist (Why I Choose to Live with Less)
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15 Tips for Downsizing Your Living Space

A few years ago I sold my large four-bedroom home and moved into a cute but significantly smaller cottage by the sea. Downsizing had to be done, and within the two-month closing date. Yikes! Needless to say, going through the mounds of stuff that I had accumulated over the 24 years of living there was [...]

By |2016-08-10T01:43:33+00:00August 10th, 2016|A Peek into Your Good Life, Baby Boomers, community, downsizing, lifestyle, living in smaller spaces, minimalism, retirement, simplify your life, Start Your Good Life, Starting the Good Life|Comments Off on 15 Tips for Downsizing Your Living Space
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More From Less: The Benefits of Downsizing

As a retiree, I’m always looking for ways to cut expenses without degrading my lifestyle. I illustrated this in my Retirement Spending Plan essay a while ago. It’s a good plan, and it’s working. But it wasn’t feasible until two years ago, when Tricia and I downsized. We moved out of the house where we’d [...]

By |2016-08-08T13:04:40+00:00August 8th, 2016|A Peek into Your Good Life, Baby Boomers, bucket list, community, downsizing, lifestyle, living in smaller spaces, minimalism, retirement, simplify your life, Start Your Good Life, Starting the Good Life|Comments Off on More From Less: The Benefits of Downsizing
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How to Emotionally Prepare for a Move from a House to an Apartment

My in-laws are now at the age where they're ready to sell their large family home to purchase something smaller and are considering moving into a condo or apartment.  It's tough for sure. All their memories are contained within that house and after decades of living in the same place, they've collected a lot of [...]

By |2016-08-07T01:04:55+00:00August 7th, 2016|A Peek into Your Good Life, Baby Boomers, bucket list, community, downsizing, lifestyle, living in smaller spaces, minimalism, Renting Trend, retirement, simplify your life, Start Your Good Life, Starting the Good Life|Comments Off on How to Emotionally Prepare for a Move from a House to an Apartment
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Decluttering: Practical Steps For Living With Less

Consumerism -- the concept that an ever-expanding consumption of goods is advantageous to the economy. And beneficial to the economy it is. Consumer Spending in Australia increased to $232 billion in the first quarter of 2016, up from $231 billion in the fourth quarter of 2015. Those numbers are hard to say, let alone fathom. [...]

By |2016-08-06T00:25:22+00:00August 6th, 2016|A Peek into Your Good Life, Baby Boomers, bucket list, downsizing, lifestyle, living in smaller spaces, minimalism, retirement, simplify your life, Start Your Good Life, Starting the Good Life|1 Comment
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10 tips for downsizing Baby Boomers

Many Boomers tired of waiting for the real estate market to improve to sell their homes might want to consider making a move now. The housing market appears to be stabilizing and home sales are picking up. And, while owners may not get as much for their homes as they would have several years ago, [...]

By |2016-08-05T00:34:19+00:00August 5th, 2016|A Peek into Your Good Life, Baby Boomers, bucket list, downsizing, lifestyle, living in smaller spaces, minimalism, Renting Trend, retirement, simplify your life, Start Your Good Life, Starting the Good Life|Comments Off on 10 tips for downsizing Baby Boomers
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Reverse Migration: How Baby Boomers Are Transforming City Living

It’s the traditional migratory circle of life: Young folks flock to the blazingly bright cities to make their careers and have their kicks; middle-aged peeps move to the burbs, buy homes, and raise their broods; older Americans search out warmer, cheaper, and more water-aerobic-centric climes to make their retirement nests. End of story, right? But hold on. Baby [...]

By |2016-08-04T00:54:02+00:00August 4th, 2016|A Peek into Your Good Life, Baby Boomers, bucket list, community, downsizing, lifestyle, living in smaller spaces, Renting Trend, retirement, simplify your life, Start Your Good Life, Starting the Good Life, travel|Comments Off on Reverse Migration: How Baby Boomers Are Transforming City Living
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Vacations For Traveling Boomers: 10 Best Spots

It shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone that today’s 50+ generation — which is notoriously outspoken and influential — likes to rewrite the book. From parenting to marriage to retirement, boomers have found and continue to find new ways of separating their values from those of their parents. One of the clearest examples of [...]

By |2016-08-03T12:59:18+00:00August 3rd, 2016|A Peek into Your Good Life, Baby Boomers, bucket list, community, lifestyle, retirement, simplify your life, Start Your Good Life, Starting the Good Life, travel|Comments Off on Vacations For Traveling Boomers: 10 Best Spots
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For Baby Boomers, Apartments are the New American Dream

Years ago, the so called “Baby Boomer” generation defined the American Dream as having a house with a white picket fence. But now as this generation begins to age, retire, and downsize, the American dream has changed. It is now apartments that the Baby Boomers are moving to in droves. Baby Boomers (those born between [...]

By |2016-08-03T12:42:06+00:00August 3rd, 2016|A Peek into Your Good Life, Baby Boomers, bucket list, community, downsizing, lifestyle, living in smaller spaces, minimalism, Renting Trend, retirement, simplify your life, Start Your Good Life, Starting the Good Life, travel|Comments Off on For Baby Boomers, Apartments are the New American Dream
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