| Want to talk small space living? How about going from | | | | watch TV, our bed and bathroom are necessary, a |
| 1800 square feet to less than 100 square feet. That is | | | | place to cook and eat and you cover the basics...the |
| exactly what my wife and I did in 1995. | | | | rest, well it costs you a lot to maintain the space you |
| We left the rat race and our 1800 square foot home | | | | don't use, primarily to store the stuff you don't use. |
| and swapped it for the curved walls of a 35 foot | | | | It took us about a week on the boat to realize that we |
| sailboat. | | | | don't need a lot of space. A sailboat has all the |
| It makes us laugh to think of the angst some people | | | | essential areas mentioned above. It is just small space |
| have when forced to consider downsizing their home. | | | | living. You don't need a chair to watch TV unless you |
| It is 2009 and times are very tough, moving to a | | | | are at the dock paying for shore power. We anchored |
| smaller house can be a way of reducing costs for lots | | | | out 90% of the time, it's quiet, and it was free. |
| of us. | | | | Books replace TV and magazines... the boat wardrobe |
| Think of no mortgage payments. If you have enough | | | | is simple, swim trunks and t shirts and cotton |
| equity in your large home why not sell it and move to | | | | cover-ups. Of course I missed the lawnmower and |
| a smaller house? If you can pay cash for the small | | | | snow shovel. Yeah right. |
| home a large monthly outgo is eliminated. | | | | So if you are faced with the necessity to downsize |
| But I can't move into a smaller home, I need the room. | | | | your home. Sell the stuff you rarely use, and move to |
| No, you don't need the room to live. Think of the | | | | a smaller home. Moving to a sailboat may not be an |
| spaces and places in your home that you don't enter | | | | option for you for whatever reason. However, moving |
| for days and weeks. Formal dining room, sitting room, | | | | to a smaller house is very doable. |
| spare bedroom, etc. All unnecessary and wasteful | | | | By experiencing small space living you will feel a sense |
| most of the time...a hindrance eliminated by small space | | | | of liberation due to the cutting out the non essentials. |
| living. | | | | You will realize how little space you really need to be |
| You may need the room for storage but not to be | | | | able to live well. Enjoy. |
| able to live. We tend to sit in our favorite chair to | | | | |