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I'm in the process of moving and I can tell you, it's been craziness. I was divorced over a year ago and my daughter just left for college so it's been just me. I'm downsizing and planning this move as part of my big transition in life. I've gotten rid of so much stuff the Goodwill people know me by name now. I started going room by room. If I haven't touched it in a year, I got rid of it. Extra furniture pieces were put at the curb and people took them. Larger objects that I don't really use, I inquired around to find people who might use them and found new homes (I gave away a 10" dobsonian telescope to a family with a daughter who had an interest in astronomy, for instance) I decided to just keep the basics and the mementos and everything else had to go.
I can quite honestly say that the stuff that has walked out the door is stuff that I do not miss at all. I can't even tell you what all it was. All that stuff went into boxes and bags as I packed the stuff I wanted to keep. One way I limited the 'keep' packing was by walking through the room and packing the keep stuff, sealing the box and taking it away. Then I went back through the room and everything else went to goodwill.
Good Luck! don't do what I did and let 20 years of crapola end up cluttering your life. Take care of it now!
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