Closing one Door to Open Another

Today was my last day at my job...In some ways I feel like I am leaving a disfunctional family because the company that I just left was referred to as a "family". I have learned a lot there about how businesses work and a lot of other different things. One thing for sure I don't think that I would be taking a different job if I hadn't worked there..The people are the greatest. My co-workers have made me feel that I am worth something. And I felt that I was liked over there. Today was a wonderful example: they got together and gave me flowers and a cake and 2 of them got together and gave me their own goodbye gift. Maybe working for the company isn't the greatest but the co-workers more than make up for the quirky way that management runs the place. Sometimes I felt that it would be great if they would just bend...
I know that everything that has happened in my life in the past 2 years has made me grow as a person and I would never have had the guts to change jobs like this before. Sometimes I feel like a stronger person but then sometimes I don't. It's kinda scarry to start all over in something new but I have to try. I think if I would have stayed there I would have been miserable. I was finding that after I payed the bills, I had nothing left. Hopefully in this new job, it won't be that way.
Next, I am considering downsizing as far as the house goes...Why do I need 3 bedrooms,3 TV's, a futon, a loving seat and two recliners downstairs?