Anyone who has owned a house knows the amount of time, energy, and effort to maintain it. Here are 12 reasons why you may be happier if you downsized and bought a smaller house:ġ. Nobody gives them the reasons they may actually be happier if they downsize their home. Nobody gives them permission to pursue smaller, rather than larger. The mantra of the culture again comes calling, “buy as much and as big as possible.” They believe the lie and choose to buy a large home only because that’s “what you are supposed to do” when you start making money… you buy nice big stuff. They think a large home is the home of their dreams.Īnother reason people keep buying bigger and bigger homes is that nobody tells them not to.They are convinced by a realtor that they can afford it.
They receive a promotion and raise at work.People buy larger homes for a number of reasons: A smaller home means smaller bills and a smaller set of responsibilities. Some people decide to start living small once they find that there are many advantages to downsizing. Toward the end of the week, I sat down with my mom and asked her to list all of the reasons why she is experiencing more happiness in her smaller house. It was a comment that she repeated over and over again during our one-week stay. While on vacation in South Dakota (yeah, I vacation in South Dakota), I got to see it for the first time.ĭuring our stay, I was surprised at how often my mother commented that “they just love their smaller house.” I wasn’t so much surprised that she felt that way about living small (I am a minimalist after all), but I was surprised at the frequency.
Recently, my parents downsized their home to a smaller house.
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