I am so glad I am now a minimalist...if everything in my house broke i could take a $20 bill to a garage sale and replace everything. And think of how you want your house to be found if you have a stroke or something..which my brother just did. My sister is taking care of his stuff..which fortunately is not excessive. (this is not aimed at anyone..). She said she thought he was going downhill since around Thanksgiving, and it turns out he had two previous small strokes which he had failed to tell us about...but think if you have embarrassing stuff, or hoarder stuff...a very good reason for de-owning.