How to downsize and get more out of life.

Actually we've all been downsized already thanks to Wall Street, the banks, the SEC, and that lethal lamebrain W. However, there is a way you can deal with your own uncertain future that is certainly here. Let's start with where you live. Eliminate the 7 G's: No gate, No golf club, No garden, No guest rooms, No garage, No gas guzzler. Got it? Now add 5 E's for an easier life: Entertainment, Eating, Espresso, Excercize and eMail. We are now ruled by the ghost of George Sanders who looks cynically at rich and poor alike. Live fast, die young and leave a beautiful corpse isn't really a viable retirement plan for most. It's better to have dreams and no money than money and no dreams. Give me Gatsby over Donald Trump every time. OK you're going to lose some sq. footage in a smaller place but Kafka said you can only live in one room at a time--even if it's Versailles. What you won't give up is the pleasures you take for granted: a cold beer on a hot day, a good book, the 4th of July. The world is too much with us, getting and spending we lay waste our powers