172 days ago

How to Downsize Gifts and Heirlooms

Murray Halberg Retirement Village

Welcome to the second of this series of articles dedicated to helping you to downsize, declutter and rightsize your life, brought to you by Ryman Healthcare in conjunction with organising and decluttering expert Peter Walsh.

This time we are tackling one of the more challenging aspects of downsizing – what to do with gifts and heirlooms. Whether you need to free up space in your own home or are helping someone else to downsize, this is a task that can feel daunting and emotionally charged.

Although it might be tempting to box everything up and hide it away to deal with another day, that just passes the problem down the road to your future self or to your family.

Fortunately, there are ways to downsize gifts and heirlooms that honour and remember the past whilst enabling you to rightsize your life for the present day.

Click to read more.

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4 days ago

Poll: Is it still rude to wear a hat inside?

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

Times have changed and perhaps so has our societal rules around taking off hats when indoors. What are your thoughts?

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Is it still rude to wear a hat inside?
  • 75.3% Yes, take them off indoors
    75.3% Complete
  • 23.7% No, it's not anymore
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3627 votes
7 hours ago

Join us in celebrating Matariki with Math!

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Do you know how to calculate the angular distance between each star in the Pleiades cluster?
Bring your curiosity, and let's explore the wonders of the cosmos through the lens of mathematics!
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Let's discover the cosmic connections together!
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