"Trimming down the collection" Topic

As I age, I'm trimming down my collection of space fleets.

While I enjoy space ship gaming, I have been in the process of selling off fleets.

Megalomania and all, at one point I had 8 full fleets. I am now down to 2 major fleets (human and bug) and 1 minor (weasels) that will remain in the collection.

The last of the extra ships will be going on sale soon.

It feels liberating to be free of the unused.

A few less boxes for my family to deal with after…

When we downsized I gave away my books. 60 boxes full. I had been hauling them around for 30 years, having moved 8 or 10 times. I thought I might miss them – just the opposite. Very freeing.

Same with me for books – gave a cabinet full to the local bookshop gratis, great feeling – plus someone might actually read them!

Yup, I've gotten rid of so much unpainted figs, books, Ospreys in the past few years. It felt good not seeing so much "stuff" stifling me. Also by selling that stuff I was able to finance 2 vacations to Northern Michigan.
Paul

I too, have given away several lots of still good stuff. Probably reduced my lode by half. I have more that I will be offering here on the Marketplace soon, with leftovers going to eBay

There's a point at which more stuff isn't just unnecessary but counterproductive. Took me years to clear out (most of) the garage when I retired and had everything under one roof. And there's still stuff I know I have, but can't find. (The search for my 28mm Ren/Fantasy civilians continues today--or tomorrow. I may not be able to face it again today.)

Well, serves me right. I was specifically warned about barns, and where to store my treasure. Be nice if I still had a group to give some of it too, though.

In my downsizing I found myself almost giving away books I previously considered permanent. Then I read one, then another and now they are permanent, so far. But as I decide to buy more books I ponder if they are really needed/desired and then decide not to buy them. I have trimmed down my figures to specific limited periods/scales and stopping the collecting when I ponder any purchases, just like with books. Then I take my dog for a walk and enjoy being with her. Best thing!

I got rid of an enormous amount of stuff over the past five years. The problems I have are two fold- my rate of acquisition increased over that time so I now have more than when I started, and second, I will gain an interest in something I got rid of and realize, ‘crap, I got rid of that.'

I recently retired, however, so hopefully that will take care of the first issue.

Don't know what to do about the second.

I refuse to downsize. When I peg out it is my kid's problem to sort crap out. My son wants all my wargaming stuff and I have listed what RPG stuff is worth what (at current prices) so they can go whoopee with what they make.

I always find it a cathartic process to shed myself of excess possessions to include wargaming content. It is often hard at first but once I commit to one item or collection, it gets easier. There have been very few regrets although I have re-purchased a few collections.

I call the book collection on occasion. I have also disposed of unfinished and barely started projects. As mentioned by others, it was very liberating.

Actually I have modified my short term plans. It looks like I will be bringing a car load of stuff to the flea market at Huzzah! in a few weeks. The attendees will get first crack without any shipping charges happening.
Whatever is leftover…. TMP Marketplace and then eBay