RedGarnet, I find I have to be in the right mindset. I don't like clutter and always have a Goodwill box going as I pick something up and think "do I really need this?". But to do the deeper, more aggressive weeding out, I find I am best to wait until a day that I am feeling more need to get rid of stuff than to hold on to things that I probably won't use but am not quite ready to concede it. If I start and know I am not being ruthless enough, I just stop and wait for a day that I am. It always comes. But trying to force myself is just a waste of time for me.