[Skytrooper]

I learned the hard way about personal downsizing. My brother, who has MS, wound up in the hospital. It was determined that he needed to be in a care facility. He needed me to come out to Idaho and liquidate his belongings. There were very few treasures that he wanted as he had virtually no place for “stuff” in the facility. He had kept virtually everything since he left our parents home in 1969. He had a massive accumulation of stuff. It not only filled his apartment, but also 2 units in a storage facility. The big one being 10x30 and an 8x10, both of them filled to the rafters.
It was a painstaking process going through all of it, but I had a mission and I wasn’t going to let him down.
Going through all his “momentos of life” was sobering. Throwing away his life was my job. I laughed and I cried, but I learned a valuable lesson. We don’t need a lot of things. I have spent my time since getting rid of everything that only means something to me. Why make my survivors go through the task. Honestly, I think I am much happier being unburdened of all the flotsam and jetsam. I missed some of the stuff at first, but that feeling quickly passed.

I did complete my mission in Idaho. My brother is well taken care of, and happy. I am going to see him next week !