I had this problem too. We had a whole closet filled floor to ceiling with boxes of stuff that hadn't been unpacked in over 5 years. One Saturday afternoon, I

I had this problem too. We had a whole closet filled floor to ceiling with boxes of stuff that hadn't been unpacked in over 5 years. One Saturday afternoon, I pulled a box at a time out of the storage closet and the wife and I unpacked it onto the livingroom floor. Each item either: 1) Got placed in the "we will use it within 3 months" 2) Can sell for at least $20 3) Freecycle / Goodwill / Salvation Army 4) Trash I made 10 trips to our dumpster and 2 to Goodwill. (Am now working on selling the $20/each items) What am amazing relief. I had no idea how much that huge pile of boxes was weighing down the back of my mind. So far, we've encountered 2 things we regretted ditching. Honestly though, the only reason we regret it is that we know we had those things. If we hadn't unpacked those boxes I would almost certainly have bought them simply because I didn't even remember they were in a box "just in case I need it someday"