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[quote=doodlebug]I'm saving money to travel in a couple of years so I've been good about not buying anything new. I live in a smallish apartment and have a history or not getting rid of stuff, so the goal of long term travel has helped me be more ruthless in donating. I schedule a date for the VVA to pickup, and then fill boxes and bags accordingly. I'm having a hard time getting rid of *everything* I should because I keep thinking I'll have a yard sale closer to when I move and it would be good to have some stuff to sell, but I suppose that's foolish.

I have a friend who sold their house and most of their stuff, refurbished a trailer and toured the west before deciding where they wanted to settle. (They had a 4 yr old kid BTW.) I asked what they did with sentimental things that have no value to anyone else and she said she spend a ton of time scanning things like photos, school awards and random stuff like that that you'd want to remember and look at occasionally, but don't want to have taking up space in your home. So, the answer to the question about kids art, pictures etc etc is to scan them and then get rid of the actual item.

I'm on the fence about whether I'll rent a small storage unit when I go traveling and if so what I'll put in it...what would be worth the cost of storing vs selling or donating and replacing in the future. I suspect very few things are worth the cost of storing.[/quote]

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