I keep it straight-forward; Life is complicated enough separate from adding a bunch of chaotic mess to it… I’ve been this way since college.
I think residing inside the my parent’s household is the impetus for my perspective. It was a nice enough venue to grow up. The household was ordinary but had good residential Heating, Ventilation, and A/C and a backyard that seemed to be vast when I was a kid. It would entirely be judged just over a postage stamp lawn these days, but the central air conditioning of that household was stuffed with my parent’s junk, then every trinket from every trip! All the stuff that was broken but only needed to be fixed, then none of the stuff was ever fixed. I mean that pair was almost like a couple of hoarders. Not as awful as what I’ve seen on cable but way too close in comparison for my comfort. When I hit my dorm room with no air conditioning and only radiant heating in the winter, I started from scratch! Seriously, I pretty much came to college with just the basics and left college only accumulating some life essentials. Now that I have a nice household with my own quality heating and air, my associate and I keep it clean and organized. There is a space for everything and all our stuff is of good quality and used often. So when I found 5 boxes of stuff just stacked up in guest room, I had to inquire, however my wife thought that she’d just store some stuff in there that she couldn’t find a venue for. It’s her household too so maybe I just have to adjust but from a few boxes, it’s a slippery slope to the guest room becoming a storage locker with air conditioning. And I just don’t think I could handle that.