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"...Downsizing can have a gratifying up side. Sometimes parsing through your things allows you to, in a sense, "select and choose who you are next," says gerontologist David J. Ekerdt at the University of Kansas who conducted a study of "household disbandment" (when older people reach a point in life where they must downsize). We couldn't agree more. Downsizing, or rightsizing, has a life-changing affect.

Paula Spencer over at Caring.com married news of the study with a useful checklist of items. Her list will help you build strategies as you work to shed your possessions or when helping someone else shed. It works as a navigation tool to help you know when to use extra care or extra work.

Take a read!