KalamaQuilts: So good to hear from you. Downsizing is hard no matter what the reason or approach, but like you my mind was burdened with all I had and the knowledge that I wouldn't live long enough to use it all. I, too, am a cancer survivor and doing well as far as I know now, but life is fragile and no one knows, do they? I was lucky enough to have a resource I could donate to and pretty much got rid of everything I chose to part with, within a couple weeks. I didn't need the money, but because everything was still useable or unused, wanted it available to those who could. Sometimes my enthusiasm for projects or techniques overpowered my willpower and the accumulation became more of a burden than a pleasure. Everything I have left, I love, and God willing, should be finished in another 10 years LOL