This has been an adventure. Its fun to read about how everyone just sold all their worldly possessions and took off. In reality its a little more complicated. Finding the 5'er was the fun part, cleaning out closet #6 and finding the box of your daughters 1st grade artwork, and then deciding what to do with it is tough. (stored with family for now). And then putting a price on an item you treasure, that you have packed and moved from house to house, that in reality might be worth $2 as a nicknack to somebody else.
But the freedom that everyone talks about is true. As you move forward in the transition this little feeling starts taking hold that you can do this, that your gonna do this, that everything you and your spouse talked and dreamed about is now happening!

It's kind of weird watching items you've had for a long time walk out the door. Our online estate auction resulted in 1/2 of our furniture selling, our dishes, small appliances that we aren't taking, several decor items, some collectibles, a musical instrument, etc. As I watched the items leave the house over this past weekend as various people came to pick up their purchases there was a feeling of relief.

Planning for the yard sale in mid-April, listing a couple of higher value items on Craigslist and then everything else will be going to charity.

Hard to believe all the money we've spent on "stuff" over the years is worth so little on the open market. It's nice to know we won't be spending much money on stuff in the future, if it doesn't replace something in the RV it won't be purchased. Think of how much money we'll save!!

I found taking pictures of collectibles or other items I was attached to helped a lot in getting rid of them. Now I have the photos of items I enjoyed but couldn't keep or didn't want to store. The same with kids artwork. I scanned some pieces that were special or took photos of them. That way I didn't feel bad getting rid of the actual item. And some of the things the kids wanted to keep for themselves.