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Originally Posted by flatbutt
My kids will need to have an "estate" sale when I die. Cleaning out my house will be a nightmare!
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Going to estate sales is one of several factors that made my wife and I decide to do a massive downsizing. We'd walk through some of these houses and, well, they looked a lot like our own
Tons of 'stuff'. Not hoarders by any means, but just accumulated stuff. Material stuff that is absolutely meaningless to us at this stage of our lives.
The tough part is actually getting rid of it all. We've been working on it for over 2 years and are just finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Even giving it away is hard work and time-consuming. It's liberating to not own anything but a few essentials. When we're done, my entire wardrobe will fit in a duffel bag.
BTW, I've heard from many people who go full-time in an RV and fill a couple of storage units with 'stuff' they just don't want to get rid of but don't have room to take with them. In every case, after a year or 2 they sold off everything in the storage units as well and never looked back.