It’s not about what I need in the moment, It’s about what will be useful in the future. I hoard stuff but I keep it to designated areas. If it gets to the point that it’s breaching containment, then some things have to go to make room. Things like good cardboard I tend to use more often than I receive them, especially since I stopped using amazon as much as possible (and amazon stopped using boxes in a lot of cases even before that). So I hang onto it until I have so much that it exceeds the spot between my two desks that I keep it in. I also have a healthy supply of hardware, crafting supplies, cables, computer parts, and general electronics that comes in handy all the time. If I have something break I generally have whatever I need on hand to get back up and running again. At least as a temporary solution until I can get parts or whatever.

A bigger issue for me is stuff I’m sentimental about. I have a couple crates of toys from when I was a kid and things that came from my grandparents that I don’t really want to get rid of but also don’t know where to put them.