While some families upgrade due to an expanding family, some downgrade for varies other reasons: Children moving on with their lives, others divorce, while some find they are not living within their means.
Some people are coming to realize that they have to live within their income which means downsizing their residence from the 1500 square feet home for 2 to maybe a 1000 square feet home. They might have to forgo a dining room for an eat in kitchen, but the savings in mortgage payments (as well as utilities) is well worth it. Plus, less house is less to maintain.
In downsizing, comes clearing and cleaning out all the old. Sorting what you will definitely need to keep at the new "smaller" place (bed, dresser, couch, etc), what can be donated (tax write off) and what can possibly be sold at a yard sale or online on eBay or Amazon.
A tip to maintaining a clutter free life is to go through all of your stuff every 3-6 months and sell or donate what you haven't used in that period of time. If you haven't touched it in the last 3-6 months, you probably aren't going to use it (unless you lost it).
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