Thankfully Chris Convertible I’m still here as it was 1948 not 1848 !
Sorry, that was a typo
The Swedes start Death Cleaning in their 40/50s and I’ve started but hopefully can stay a good while longer ……..
Sounds very sensible. I am trying but my wife is still in denial that she has too much stuff. She wants to live somewhere close to shops and we have a house on a very steep block and I am finding it hard to keep the garden in shape. In 2024 we both had medical issues, I snap my quad tendon and was on crutches for 4 months and my wife had a brain tumour removed, we found our current house very hard to live with and while it is fine again now it was a bit of a wake up call of what life could be like later on. We have bought a place that is flat and about 1km from a good shopping centre. We plan to knock the place down and build a house without steps etc. that hopefully we can live in for the rest of our lives. I have been going through my clothes, garage tools etc. and so far given away 7 trailer loads of stuff. My wife has the idea she will go though her stuff when we move. I am not happy as I feel it is better to go slowly go though stuff now deciding whether you want it in your new place, when we are ready to move and prepare this house for sale we will be very busy
The secret is to just enjoy what you bought and like
100% agree, just buy what you want and not care about its future value, if you like it that is all that is important.
PS Do Baby Boomers feel the country is in terminal decline, a Doom Loop economically, as every time I spend time abroad it does tend to make me feel we have lost something in our British collective psyche………
Not sure, listening to the news the whole world has me pretty worried at the moment.
