One of the things that helped us tremendously was having a short term date rather than a non-specific long term goal. When we determined what we wanted to put in the Monty and what we refused to part with, i.e., goes into storage, we engaged an estate liquidator. They came in and displayed our stuff for sale.
They said don't throw away anything. It may have value to someone. They unloaded closets and the attic. They sold half empty paint cans, a bucket of old nails and bolts, all the junk in the garage after I had extracted the tools I wanted, and everything else in the house and closets. After they sold everything saleable, we gave the rest to charity and then they cleaned up.
We got much more than we would have gotten in a garage sale with a lot less hassle.
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