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Lucy68 said: There is a third option of a more gentle re-pot. To keep it in the same size pot and control growth, do a little root pruning and a little canopy pruning. The general rule is cut the bottom off the roots (it can be just an inch or so), calculate what percentage of roots you have removed then cut an equal amount off the canopy.

This is exactly what I do every few years. The plant is as big as my space allows and the pot - a 5 gal. bin - is the heaviest I can carry outside in spring and in again in fall. I've been able to keep it pretty much the same size and healthy for about 10 years now.
One of those repottings, I couldn't resist rooting a cut-off branch, so now I have a second one almost the same size.