Jason Robie: Raucous Rightsizing

'Tis the holiday season (Yes, I start mine at Halloween) which for me brings about thoughts of my parents (and tiny candy bars!). Not only because we always had really great holidays as a family, but they're way down in the sunshine state so it inevitably means travel. You may recall I spent last summer down there helping out mom with her shiny new hip. This fall, my brother and I are coordinating to either fly them up or fly us down. Either way it will be great to see them and celebrate (one of) the holidays together.

I'm realizing now that the above paragraph could lead us into a bevy of different directions. Since I have not finished my coffee yet this morning, we'll take the direction I planned on when I first put the proverbial pen to paper. We're going to talk about your parents' (or your) need for all that space in your home. My roommate and I share about 3,000 square feet (I know, it's ridiculous). The beauty of that space is we can (and often do) have guests over and it does not really impact anyone's space or movement around said space. We just had two friends from Alaska stop by for three days. They each had their own bedroom (for all of their stuff) and spent most of their time visiting other friends. It was great, but like fish, it was time for them to go after three days!