Getting rid of junk.

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Does it feel good to anyone else when getting rid of old junk? I've been selling old junk for cash for a while, and it feels amazing. It makes it feel like a burden is being slowly lifted off my shoulders.

It's really hard for me to get rid of things, but once I do it feels great.
Unfortunately that's not enough to stop me from keeping a lot of stuff I don't need.

I have serious problems with getting rid of my junk Although from time to time I do clean out my wardrobe and drawers to get rid of all those things I don't need any more. Also, speaking of things I don't need, I admit that during the last few years, I won so many books in online contests - about 200 - that I'll have to get rid of them too - I'll give them to my local library (though I never thought I'd be forced to do this). I just don't have too much room to keep them all, although a couple of years ago I also won a very cool bookcase I keep all my winnings - books including - on its shelves now. And I'll sell my old PS 4 games I have already played to a pawnshop. I have 50 such games, every time I win an Allegro voucher, I order there a new game (our Polish Allegro is like your E-bay).

I rely on my partner to discard household stuff.
I seem to be an accumulator.
I have sheds full of stuff I haven't stripped for parts, repaired or built yet.

I am procrastinating since she decided to sell the place.
I am trapped in a motivational paralysis. Nothing seems worth starting, nor completing.
SOMETHING has to go right to give me the momentum, but it feels like I haven't caught a break for 2 years.

It's a big problem here. My partner has real difficulty getting rid of anything. She can imagine a future use for every little item - and there often is but when the time comes to use it we can never find it because of all the other accumulated junk.

We have an attic that you can't get in, if you want to find anything up there its a nightmare. We have four garages all rammed with stuff. A lot of it is rubbish plain and simple. Some of it is 'projects' that never got done.

Every cupboard is filled with stuff that we never use and the stuff we do use is just out around the house because there's nowhere to put it away.

It seems like every day more stuff comes in and nothing ever goes out.

I don't really attach any emotional importance to stuff. Other than my books, my computer and my record player I would happily burn the lot of it and start again. I feel the accumulation of stuff as a crippling weight but to my partner it feels more like a security blanket.

It's funny but my wonderful nt wife is the one who holds on to stuff.

I never had a lot of personal stuff except maybe toys when I was a kid. I had no problem getting rid of toys after I got older & had quit plying with them for a year or so. I do not care about sentimental value. The reason I haven't got rid of my Legos is because I don't know what to do with them. I wear my cloths even if they're very stained till I really cant wear them anymore due to them no longer fitting, getting too worn, &/or torn & then I trash them. I had bought a lot of physical CDs that I ripped on my computer & then kept the CDs because I didn't know how to get rid of them. I told my parents they could donate or give my CDs away or whatever when I moved out but I bet they're picked up in my closets somewhere. I have lots of cartridge video-games & physical DVD sets but I still may play or watch them so I'm keeping them. As for as other tech, I use my computers & phones for a long time after most others would have upgraded. It's partly due to the cost of buying newer stuff(I've always been at least kinda poor) & because I'm an Aspie who actually kinda sux with technology(having to relearn newer tech can be very difficult & frustrating for me, I mostly just want things to work for what I want to do). About the only other physical stuff I have that's really mine is stuff related to collections that I'm keeping because they're still kewl

My parents are a bit different than me with this though. My dad worked in construction till he retired after Covid started & he had saved lots of various stuff because it might be useful for work or DIY projects at home. Both my parents are into antique stuff & they bought lots of various things or saved things others were getting rid of partly to fix up, have for decorations, or use in other ways. They were very poor when they got married & gradually got to lower middle-class by lots of hard work. My dad did a major cleaning in his shed after he retired & mom's been talking about trying to sell various antique things for next to nothing that they never use.

My girlfriend has a major problem getting rid of stuff. Cass feels sentimental towards things & she feels regretful & missises things once she gets rid of them. Most of the stuff we have is hers. She has lots of various knickknacks, books, & things related to various art projects most of which is almost never used. Hoarding does run in her family.

Should we link this to the posts about castration extending lifespan.?
There is a certain relevance

I got rid of a whole bunch of junk this summer.