Now on the other hand and in thinking about this more if you plan on traveling around with your $50k gold collection or a large amount of cash or a $50K painting you are crazy. I dont know your age but this whole conversation also makes me think of other stuff that I have gone through lately.
Recently when our in laws were talking about getting rid of stuff and giving stuff to the kids the words "death cleaning" came up. My wife later told me that that was sick. I said no not really, it's actually smart and seems like part of what everyone should do. I mean we are older people so we are closer to death. If I drop dead tomorrow what would my kids have to deal with? What would my wife have to deal with? If we both died what would our kids have to deal with, would they be rear end deep in "stuff" that they have to make decisions about during such an emotional time.
Ideally if we were gone they would get an envelope in the mail with all the details and will and accounts etc. Of course that's not practical but what is the in between ground? To me the in between ground is to reduce needless clutter and objects that I know I will never use again. I'm not going to kill and drag a deer out of the woods because it may kill me. I'm not camping on the ground and I'm not wrenching full time and moonlighting so why would I need so many tools? It wasn't long ago that I finally resigned myself to the fact that I'm not going to get a job and wrench again. I can do a lot of work at a slower pace but I cant wrench somewhere and crank out job after job 8 hr a day so thin out all the tools.
I understand what you mean about needing the stuff you have but some of that may change as you age and travel. Some people that full time keep a storage unit or have someone store stuff for them and make the process of getting rid of stuff a more gradual thing. It's all about money so some people have massive MH and tri axle double deck trailers with shops and cars and atv and aircraft with them. Overall though it just seems natural and good to down size ones possessions. I have been doing it and I'm now able to pretty much know where just about everything I own is. Stuff like cameras, guns, tools etc BUT I do still have a home base. My wife is the opposite and has tons of stuff that she wont even talk about getting rid of. that's ok but in the end it all ends up going to kids or garage sales or even an auction if both people die. Why deal with and stress over stuff that I dont need or use.
Going even a little farther on the topic I would say that there is a lot of stuff that I wasted money on. Look at how much stuff people end up with that ends up in a garage sale or in the trash. I often tell younger people to think about the trinkets and needs vs wants.
