I am so very glad to find I'm not the only hoarder here.
I have the "Great Wall of Boxes" in the big shed, under our house is stored more boxes and books, I have so many books. But I can't get rid of them.
All this stuff is essential and non throwawayable. Still, it's not as much as I used to have.
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