My mom is now retired and she told me that she's got a 5-year plan to downsize all the possessions in the house. I remembered this radio interview and told her that doing so over 5 years is never ...

EXCLUSIVE: Tomorrow, Alexander Payne’s Downsizing will open the 74th Venice Film Festival. The Matt Damon-starrer marks a number of firsts for Payne, the Oscar-winning filmmaker behind such great pics ...

The idea began with Payne's co-writer Jim Taylor, whose brother joked about how if you were of almost microscopic size "all the dynamics of your life would change." After Taylor brought the idea to ...

Human resource professionals have been known to say that adults should never discuss downsizing in polite company unless they're flattering someone's weight loss. This is because downsizing is often ...

Older Australians are not deterred by financial barriers as much as emotional ones, when it comes to downsizing. www.shutterstock.com Encouraging senior Australians to downsize their homes is one of ...