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Mindy Godding

Mindy Godding

Oct 16, 2026

20:36
What do they actually want to keep?
20:40
Yeah, it's so interesting.
20:41
And actually watching this Exchange has changed the trajectory of my career because I started to notice that there was a distinct difference between the generations when it comes to the way that we value possessions and the relationships that we have to our stuff.
21:02
and the importance and value that we assign to inanimate objects.
21:06
And I started to recognize that there was this pattern and baby boomers have a through line and there are commonalities and similarities that are shared by that entire birth cohort that are different from the commonalities and the values of their children And that's actually created a lot of friction now that our retirees are starting to think about downsizing.
21:36
They're starting to think about passing their things on to the next generation.
21:39
And the next generation is saying to them, I don't want any of it.

11 MINS LATER

33:01
So my choice seems to be, if my children don't want it, I'm obviously making this up, to put it in the garbage, and that offends my sensibilities.

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