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We did a MAJOR job of that 10 years ago. We were empty nest, and decided to make a change. We sold our moderately sized 4br home in the 'burbs and moved to a 2br apt for 8-9 months, then we got rid of more stuff and switched to a 1br apt. It was tough to get rid of all of the stuff that we got rid of initially. After some time to aclimate, we were able to get rid of some more stuff. We did/do still have a storage unit with some stuff. We are back in a home, but it's smaller. We still have a storage unit that will eventually get emptied, at least, that's the plan.

It was nice to declutter. I got rid of some stuff (tools mostly) thinking, "if I need those again, I'll just buy them." Yes, I can and have and will continue to, but a lot of the stuff has increased dramatically in cost. But it still wasn't the wrong decision, I don't think.