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by tlrobinson 5765 days ago
Definitely not "stuff". This pg essay really resonates with me: http://www.paulgraham.com/stuff.html

I've found my attitude changing from "can I afford this?" to "do I really want to be burdened by this object"

During my last move I put everything own into a storage unit, and cherry-pick the few things I actually need/want as I need them. Next time I move I'm going to get rid everything left in storage. I figure if it's been in storage for that long I probably won't ever need it.

Incidentally, this is exactly the same strategy I take with my computer. Once or twice a year I'll backup everything, reformat, and only copy back over what I need, as I need it.