Also, the process of moving (and of clearing out stuff) took about two months. I first started clearing stuff when I had the idea to move. I started with things that I had little to no reason to keep, and little to no resistance of letting go. Things that, even had I stayed in my current place for a year or more, I wouldn’t have missed.
After each round of clearing, it seemed like more stuff popped up that I could get rid of, or let go. Bigger furniture, like my kitchen table and dresser, came later, and things like my bed and couch I got rid of in the last week or so before the move.
If you aren’t planning a move, there probably isn’t a reason to get rid of as much stuff as I did, but I think the early rounds of clearing would make sense and be beneficial to pretty much everyone, if they did them like once a year or so.
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