Do you ever think of how much STUFF you are leaving for your family to deal with?

[Anonymous]

Three siblings and I had a huge estate to clean out. There were out-buildings, several garages, a barn, a carriage house, a boat house, multiple attics and cellars including a dirt floor cellar. Very complicated property. We tore through that place and paid for help for most of it. A rush to get it on the market, during a short sale season. I think we all desired to put our parent's death behind us and move on. And then it sat. Ironically it sat for over a year, unsold. Kinda wish we had allowed ourselves more time to go through things more thoroughly, be more sentimental. But staying in sync w/siblings and coming thru the experience -still- on good terms with your siblings is priceless. And also what our parents would have valued for us, above all else. Saying goodbye to your parents is much more about emotion than it is about stuff, whether alot of work or a little work.

[Anonymous]

I won’t be burdening my kids with years of crap. My mom had a house full of crap growing up and we just finished clearing it out.

I’ve never been one to keep random junk but I’m even more adamant about getting rid of junk now.