Let It Go: The Memoirs of Dame Stephanie Shirley: The Entrepreneur Turned Ardent Philanthropist

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In one US study, 78 percent of people around the age of 60 reported feeling reluctant to move homes because of all the stuff they owned. The early days of Stephanie starting her 'all female' computing business from home were interesting and inspiring. For readers of Ross Gay and listeners of Therapy for Black Girls, a reflective examination of Black self-love and joy that guides the reader to ditch old beliefs, achieve difficult unlearnings and redefine language, relationships and love to find their own unique path to joy. It was a huge thing for my mom to throw out a "treasure" that she had kept for 60 years that held a deeply traumatic memory. I especially liked when he talked about not feeling guilt or other emotions if you want to get rid of things.

By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions.I notice that some other reviewers say that her description of how she steered and grew her company from a small cottage startup to huge software consultancy business was the least interesting part of this book. Whether the challenges are being a child refugee, having an autistic child or creating a fortune (then giving it all away) by founding a tech company at a time when women were supposed to be home baking bread, Dame Stephanie Shirley's cinematic memoir inspires us all to keep reaching. As you travel through life, you encounter milestones that require you to comb through the stuff you've gathered: relocating to a new city; getting married and combining homes with another person; hitting tough times that send you into a smaller home; kids growing up and leaving the family home empty (and unnecessarily large); or the death of a spouse or parent. Downsizing can require you to shrink a houseful of possessions so they'll fit into a new space that may be much smaller than what you have now.

Rest assured that you won't simply wipe your slate clean of all your treasured possessions and walk away empty-handed. These include the clothes we wear, the devices we use, the furniture we decorate our homes with, and all the other things – big and small – that come into our possession over the years.This method provides solutions to the pressure and turmoil you may feel when you trim down your belongings or your loved ones'. Walsh goes into the psychology of why we keep things we don't need and sometimes don't even like as well as the personalities we will likely deal with as we downsize or help to go through another's things.