How a move management company can help you downsize with ease

Originally published in the Seattle Times on Sep. 6, 2024 at 7:00 am.   By Annie Midori Atherton Special to At Home in the Northwest Downsizing is no small feat…. Read more

Feeling Overwhelmed?

October 21, 2020 | Posted in Downsizing & Organizing, Moving, Moving Tips, Organizing Tips

By definition – being emotionally overwhelmed means to be completely submerged by your thoughts and emotions about all of life’s current problems, to the point where you lack efficacy and feel frozen or paralyzed…. Read more

Letting Go to Move Ahead.

August 26, 2020 | Posted in Downsizing & Organizing, Letting Go, Moving, Moving Tips, Stories

Losing a spouse or loved one, leaving a home or job you love, watching children leave for school, 
deciding when it is time to move into smaller spaces – what… Read more

Tackle the Big 3 while Staying Home and Staying Safe

What can you do to make these Stay Home, Stay Safe days more productive? Here are a few things you can do now that will put you in control when… Read more

It’s all about that box, bout that box, bout that box!

It's all about that BOX

I have posted before about using the right size boxes for packing, but it bears repeating after visiting a client who packed books into a large carton and realized too… Read more

Downsizing Move in your Future? Who is on your Transition Team?

If you have a large, downsizing move in your future you need to start planning. To speak bluntly, you need to start getting your ducks in a row. A significant… Read more

Holiday Décor – It’s All Too Much

holiday decor - NextStep Transitions

When we work with clients to downsize, declutter and get them ready to move, one of the top 5 categories we create when sorting their excess belongings is HOLIDAY DECORATIONS. … Read more

Donation Resources

Moving Time Saver Tip, Next Step Transitions

Here are some helpful donation resources: DOWNLOAD DONATION RESOURCES

Spring Cleaning and Downsizing – A Match Made in Heaven

April 9, 2019 | Posted in Downsizing & Organizing, Moving, Organizing Tips

If you are like most, the signs of spring with warmer temperatures, blue skies and new garden growth make us itch to get our homes spruced up and better organized. … Read more

You Can’t Take It All, but You Can Take What is Important

downsizing, next step transitions

Some people think when they move into a retirement community or downsize to a smaller space that they have to give up everything.  That is a big reason why many… Read more

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