{"id":365,"date":"2019-02-23T01:10:10","date_gmt":"2019-02-23T01:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthemovenow.com\/blog\/?p=365"},"modified":"2019-02-23T01:10:10","modified_gmt":"2019-02-23T01:10:10","slug":"beyond-joy-5-reasons-to-start-downsizing-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onthemovenow.com\/blog\/beyond-joy-5-reasons-to-start-downsizing-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond Joy: 5 Reasons to Start Downsizing Now!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Organization expert-author Marie Kondo talks about the joy that comes from downsizing. And she\u2019s right! You probably will feel joyful when you\u2019re done. But if you need some extra motivation to start downsizing now, here are additional benefits to consider:<br \/>\n<strong>Less stress<\/strong> \u2013 Imagine\u00a0how you\u2019ll feel when you look for something \u2013 and find it!<br \/>\n<strong>Releasing weight<\/strong> \u2013 Faster than any diet, when you release the weight of holding on to stuff you no longer use or need, you\u2019ll feel lighter immediately!<br \/>\n<strong>Dumping guilt<\/strong> \u2013 Feeling guilty about stuff you never use doesn\u2019t help anyone. Letting go of guilt means you\u2019ll have more energy to enjoy the things you love.<br \/>\n<strong>Feeling relieved <\/strong>\u2013 You know you really don\u2019t want to leave your mess for your kids to clean up. Taking care of it now feels great!<br \/>\n<strong>Enjoying life now! <\/strong>\u2013 Clearing out stuff you don\u2019t use anymore, including reminders of who you used to be, frees you to appreciate and enjoy who you are today. And that\u2019s what matters most.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Organization expert-author Marie Kondo talks about the joy that comes from downsizing. And [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[10,18],"class_list":["post-365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-declutter","tag-clearingclutter","tag-downsizing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onthemovenow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onthemovenow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onthemovenow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onthemovenow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onthemovenow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/onthemovenow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onthemovenow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onthemovenow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onthemovenow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onthemovenow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}