Look for manuals online, (Faster and higher quality than scanning.) – but save them locally, those websites may go away.

If you don’t use something non-seasonal (skis, SCUBA gear, etc.) and you don’t use it for three months, donate it. (Especially if you can borrow one for some odd stuff.)

Even if you rip DVDs and CDs, you need to keep the original for copyright, but you can keep the liner art and donate the jewel case.

Tell friends & family not to give you stuff. (I’d rather have a great experience than a useless trinket or clothes I don’t really like.)

With most of the above, Tools are the exception…

Have a friend help if it turns into an issue, they can help with removing emotion and sentimentality.

This is a good project, I’ll think about it some more.

Certainly after you get a home and live there for a while, you’ll end up with a LOT of stuff, but it’s amazing how much of that actually is needed occasionally. Over time you learn from experience what you use and don’t. It’s amazing to me how, for example, left over boards, screws, etc. end up coming in handy later. On the other hand, I have tendency to save way too many containers – boxes, jars, etc. So the rule with those is, to toss if in doubt.

Looking back, I wish I’d saved more of my school notes. So there and with books I’d recommend gradual culling rather than all-or-nothing. I actually file away a lot of my old paperwork rather than try to decide what to keep. It would take a LONG time to decide and the amount if you save it isn’t all that much physical space per year. And I have found that I refer back to those every once in a while.

It’s not the issue of free tape, it’s an issue of customer service.

If they are not getting a % of the package sending effort, then tell me why is it cheaper to send a package from an actual UPS distribution center?

@RunawayJimPVD