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Three piles. Background, I moved roughly every two years from 1 until mid twenties. Not a military family. Even with this I still move several boxes of stuff that I never open until the next move.
First pile is stuff you must keep/love.
Second is stuff that is okay or may be nice-to-have.
Third is stuff that can be sold/donated/disposed of.
Get rid of the last two piles.
My mom. My parents have moved a few times and each time she throws out more and more. Their lifestyle is extremely Spartan.
If you calculate the cost of moving something it quickly becomes obvious that it's cheaper to get rid of many things than to move them.
Yes, but they were all old people so it made sense.
I have a friend who, and this is not a typo, has 39 children, 38 of whom are adopted. She absolutely wants nothing and does with as little as possible, I think it's just a side effect of raising that many kids.
I think I've met myself, yes.
I’m somehow both. I frequently buy something, and discover when I get home that I already have several of said thing. ADHD medication is helping this a little…
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