http://watchmymoneymaker.com/2007/10/07/declutter-when-you-retire/ Financial Voyeurism - Learn as I learn - we're all in this together Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:42:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://watchmymoneymaker.com/2007/10/07/declutter-when-you-retire/comment-page-1/#comment-310 Jen Dalton Tue, 09 Oct 2007 02:21:16 +0000 http://watchmymoneymaker.com/2007/10/07/declutter-when-you-retire/#comment-310 I am not sure about this mindset. When my great grandparents died, we had to do the "cleaning out." I loved my great grandparents, but felt that I had never really known them as people. Having to "clean out" was an experience that helped me get to know them a little better. You can tell a lot about people based on the things they keep and have kept for years. The whole day spent in the house that my grandad built made me feel closer to them than I ever had as a little girl. Maybe the thing to remember is that even if you "declutter" there are things of a value that may not be monitary. Throw out the bank and credit card statements, keep the love letters, the greeting cards, the post cards, the pictures and the journals. Your kids and grandkids may enjoy getting to know who you were outside the role of mom/dad or grandad and grandma. I am not sure about this mindset. When my great grandparents died, we had to do the “cleaning out.” I loved my great grandparents, but felt that I had never really known them as people. Having to “clean out” was an experience that helped me get to know them a little better. You can tell a lot about people based on the things they keep and have kept for years. The whole day spent in the house that my grandad built made me feel closer to them than I ever had as a little girl. Maybe the thing to remember is that even if you “declutter” there are things of a value that may not be monitary. Throw out the bank and credit card statements, keep the love letters, the greeting cards, the post cards, the pictures and the journals. Your kids and grandkids may enjoy getting to know who you were outside the role of mom/dad or grandad and grandma.

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