For years I "upsized", moving from city to city then from country to country accumulating stuff all the way. Everything--books, LPs, CDs, videos, pictures, souvenirs, instruments, etc. were memories of where I'd been and what I'd done. When I moved from Germany back to Ireland 10 years ago I had almost 100 large boxes, plus the furniture--far too much!

Now I'm selling the large house in Dublin and thinking of buying property in Spain. I need to radically downsize, but can't bear to part with my "treasures"! I'm glad I found this thread though...