This quote (via Unclutterer) really speaks to me:

“I can explain it best by something which Mahatma Gandhi said to me. We
were talking about simple living, and I said that it was easy for me to
give up most things but that I had a greedy mind and wanted to keep my
many books. He said, ‘Then don’t give them up. As long as you derive
inner help and comfort from anything, you should keep it. If you were
to give it up in a mood of self-sacrifice or out of a stern sense of
duty, you would continue to want it back, and that unsatisfied want
would make trouble for you. Only give up a thing when you want some
other condition so much that the thing no longer has any attraction for
you, or when it seems to interfere with that which is more greatly
desired.’” — Richard Gregg

I had been on an uncluttering rampage for a while, but it’s petered off currently. I love clean open zen style, but on the other hand I love my books and little collectibles. So I’m trying to find a good balance between the two.