Showing posts with label downsizing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label downsizing. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Washington Post: As Boomers Shed Stuff, Their Offspring, Millenials, Reject it

 
This article about Boomers downsizing and their children not wanting their stuff made me smile, as I have had this experience when I downsized, and I now actually live in a city with my memories on a blog, just like a Millenial! There's a big box of hard copy photos waiting for me to organize into scrapbooks when I get back home to America though. I guess this article is telling me: don't bother.

Maybe the reason Millenials aren't defining themselves by possessions is they all saw this movie short "The Story of Stuff" growing up: 


Thanks to my friend Hope Gross Mandel for the article. 
 
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