New Netflix series "Tidying Up".

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2. You are so right that it's a process.

I got more serious about getting rid of stuff when my kids left home many years ago. I made them take whatever was theirs with them. That way the responsibility was on them to keep or discard. I've never really been very materialistic. It's just inanimate objects. People say things have sentimental value, but to me, memories are what keep a dead loved one alive in your heart, not the things. My parents were both dead by the time I was 22, plus they were poorer than church mice, so there was nothing much to pass on except old photos which I got and do cherish.

After years of continual purging and downsizing I can honestly say that there's never been anything I've gotten rid of that I have missed or am sorry I got rid of.