Phase 2 Update
Coming from many generations of packrats, I find it very difficult to cut through the clutter. I will be sorting through stack of papers/junk and be making good progress, and then suddenly I will see something that I want to keep for nostalgic purposes. This might not be so bad, except it tends to shift my perspective and I find myself having to go through the pile all over again because I haven't actually thrown anything away (even though I know that most of it needs to be trashed). As long as I can focus rationally on my needs and goals, I seem to do OK, but it's amazing how hard it is to maintain that focus when you're a nostalgic packrat like me.