What you do is...
You go through all your stuff chucking out AT LEAST ONE ITEM from each drawer.

And you put things in three piles -

1) stuff for the skip (put straight into bin bags)

2) stuff for the charity shop (again, straight into bin bags so you don't feel tempted to retrieve anything)

3) stuff to give to mates/colleagues who are worse off than you - they might have a use for your old desktop PC, coz it still works, even if it's a bit old, so you wouldn't want to chuck it, right?...

Yes, that's practical advice, and no, it won't mean that you can pack all your stuff into a suitcase from it filling a house, but you'll feel better that the van you pack will at least only be full of stuff you either need or want.

And you'd be amazed at how much stuff fits in those vans.

And don't be so deluded as to think you can get money for all the stuff you want rid of (as I did once). I had a record collection of my late dad's of over 350 records, some classics, some just junk. Must have cost him a couple of grand to amass. Worth? £150. And TBH I feel lucky I got that for it as it was before the ol' crunch.

But get rid!! You'll feel better. And then you can get more crap to fill the spaces!
(Psyche finishes work at the end of June! Yay!!!, Wed 29 Apr 2009, 11:35, Reply)