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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All of your overflow space (attic) is filled with other people's stuff. (I can relate! My MIL did the same thing.) Ask them to come get it or offer to put it in storage for them.

Start with one room. Have a box for donations, a box for moving upstairs, a trash bag, and a recycling bag.

When it comes to sentimentality, give yourself a big box for kid's artwork or whatever you want to keep. Visualize what you want the box to look like in 10 years when the kids are gone. Do you want reams and reams of school assignments or just a few favorite pieces in there? As you chuck the excess, feel happy while you do it. Think, "aw, how cute," and have a little moment enjoying the memories. You're not getting rid of your memories or your love.  You're just choosing which pieces will best represent it in a finite amount of space.[/quote]

Take pictures of art work before you throw them away.  Later, it is super easy to delete the pictures. It worked for me.[/quote]

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