purge my home of anything not absolutely beautiful or absolutely necessary

I think that, at least for me, sentimentality has become an excuse for holding onto things whose memories do more harm than good. I’m also a bit obsessive-compulsive when it comes to keeping things I ‘just might use in the future, you never know.’ I didn’t realize I had so much stuff until I had to move. It’s been about 2 months in the new place and I still haven’t unpacked 6 or so giant boxes – and not really needed the stuff inside. Eureka! :) It’ll take a while, but this has just become a goal of mine.