Marie Kondo’s book really helped our family. We took a lot of clothes, books and toys which hadn’t been touched in a year or more and donated them. We also dec

Marie Kondo’s book really helped our family. We took a lot of clothes, books and toys which hadn’t been touched in a year or more and donated them. We also decluttered the kitchen a lot, putting in a few high quality pots and plates rather than the motley assortment of hand me downs we’d accumulated over the years. Bit by bit we whittled down the above and then some - taking it slow. I also made some serious decisions like ‘do I really need a high end 5.1 surround system and projector?’ or would a sound bar and nice TV suffice. ‘Do I really need a Mac Pro and three displays?’ or would a MacBook and an Ultrawide monitor allow me to get the same work done. Being a reasonably paid programmer (as a higher than average amount of folk here are) can encourage buying more and having more hobbies and stuff when less will do. When you eliminate a lot of surplus ‘just in case’ items you really cut down on your cleaning and maintenance work load.