[chiph]

I had a 10x20' storage unit for years -- it was full of all the stuff you mentioned - CDs, stereo, furniture, an astoundingly heavy 34" tube TV... All the media went digital (with multiple backups!) and everything else was either sold on Craigslist, donated, or hauled away to the landfill. Now I can move by just renting a small trailer.

[mcmullen]

Why didn't you just sell the non-essential things and make room for the rest? I only ask because I have lived in 7 different properties since starting University and now (almost three years into career) and I literally take what I need and chuck the rest; one could probably describe me as the 'anti-hoarder'.

[chiph]

They'd been in storage for over 3 years and I hadn't needed to use them, therefore I didn't need them at all.

I kept some things that were keepsakes, but the rest ... out with it all. Which also saved me $135 a month in rental costs.