The 2010 Homeowner’s Challenge:      Live Well at the RIGHTSIZE
The Rules of Rightsizing  

1. You have the right to live your life forward.
2. You have the right to not feel overwhelmed.
3. You have the right to not feel under whelmed.
4. You have the right to a clutter-free home, one that you can walk around in without the fear of tripping over old newspapers, spare parts, pet toys, or lumpy stuff under the rug.
5. You have the right to a peaceful nights sleep on a bed that has nothing on it but a top sheet and a comforter. 
6. You have the right to a stress free life.  One that is not completely consumed with excessive maintenance, repair, and upkeep.
7. You have the right to furniture that fits comfortably in your living room.
8. You have the right to sell or pass along your 12-chair dining room set, if you have not had more than 6 people over for dinner at the same time in the last 3 years.
9. You have the right to give your special tea set away if you have not used it in more than 3 years.  (Unless of course you are planning to entertain the Queen of England in the not-to-distant future.
10. You have the right to simplify your systems and processes.
11. You have the right to have your basement be a place that you are not afraid to enter.
12. You have the right to not have a basement if you don’t need one.
13. You have the right to be able to see the far wall. In your attic.
14. You have the right to not have an attic if you don’t need one.
15. You have the right to a fresh start and a new beginning.
16. You have the right to have a one inch space between each and every hanger in your closet.
17. You have the right to a garage that you can park a car in without hearing that annoying crunching sound you hear when you run over things.
18. You have the right to own your possessions and not have your possessions own you. (This includes your house.)
19. You have the right to have nothing under your bed.  Nothing!
20. You have the right to be free to make new friends and have new experiences.
21. You have the right to be free of internal commitments that prevent you from making a difference.
22. You have the right to a safe and secure home.
23. You have the right to right sized living.
24. You have the right to simplicity in a complex world.
25. You have the right to have your life so organized that you can find your stuff when you want your stuff.
26. You have the right to get rid of clothes pins if you don’t have a clothesline.  (This right applies to anything that is useless in your life.
27. You have the right to pass up a yard sale or two or three if you find that you can’t pass up a bargain.
28. You have the right to know what the back of the closet looks like every now and again.
29. You have the right to open your closet door without the fear of being crushed.
30. You have the right to donate clothes that don’t fit.
31. You have the right to evaluate your internal commitments from time to time and make changes when it is time to make changes.
32. You have the right to organized, clutter-free drawers.
33. You have the right to throw away old copies of Readers Digest.
34. You have the right to say no to things that complicate, clutter, or confuse your priorities.
35. You have the right to a statement of simplicity.
36. You have the right to right size if you are entering a new chapter in life that does not require the space or the stuff that the previous chapter required.

To get a FREE copy of the “rightsizing rules” or a copy of “The Rightsizing Guide”, call (888) ERIC-STEWART, or send an email to team@pointingyouhome.com.