#downsizing

#downsizing

When we finally paused to ask ourselves why we were living that way, the answer was simple: money. We needed to earn enough to sustain our expensive lifestyle, which meant working jobs that left us depleted, sacrificing our mental health, and rarely having quality time as a family. So we made a bold decision: My wife quit her job, I stayed on in a remote position, and we left the city behind to lower our cost of living .

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After 30 years, the emotional ties to this 1970s home outweigh the logistics and financial reasons many peers discuss about downsizing.

I would have torn my hair out, and Paul would have torn his out also, if we hadn't had her.

Because in February, after working for the federal government for 17 years, Gibson learned that she would lose her job as a contract specialist at the Office of Personnel Management, through no fault of her own.