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Best of luck on your journey. I did the first big effort on a cold rainy weekend with not other plans. Put some music on and made several heaps of stuff to get rid of: a "definitely going" heap, a "not sure but probably going" heap and a "difficult to let go" heap.
Seeing the size of the heaps, and empty spaces on the floor/shelves/cupboards showed the size of the prize if I got rid of them.
I then got rid of the heaps starting with the easiest stuff which then spurred me onto dealing with the harder decisions. I'm pretty ruthless now. My wife's on shaky ground unless she starts justifying her floorspace ;)
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@Matt101 I'm having some counselling at the moment, it's been an eye opener and some serious soul bearing into how I live, with regard to the attachment to things that briefly made me feel better about life. They counted as I don't earn much, but looking at them now they might as well be anchors weighing my life and my finances down. I have quite a cluttered mind so find I need a clean minimal space, otherwise the resonance is almost deafening if that makes sense. Good thread. At the height of a meltdown, I gave away all my CDs and vinyl, must have been worth a couple of thousand, but realise that was a drowning not waving moment. Clearing out stuff really is that important. Your tips are brilliant.