I keep it straight-forward, then life is complicated enough without adding a bunch of chaotic mess to it.
I’ve been this way since school.
I know living inside the my parent’s house is the impetus for my perspective. It was a nice enough locale to grow up, however the house was modest but had good residential Heating plus A/C plus a backyard that seemed to be vast when I was a kid. It would actually be judged just over a poperiod stamp lawn these days… But the central air conditioner of that house was stuffed with my parent’s junk, however every trinket from every trip, but all the stuff that was broken but only needed to be fixed. None of the stuff was ever fixed. I mean that pair was almost like a couple of hoarders. Not as excruciating as what I’ve seen on television but way too close in comparison for my comfort! When I hit my dorm room with no air conditioner plus only radiant heating in the winter, I started from scratch. Seriously, I pretty much came to school with just the basics plus left school only accumulating some life essentials. Now that I have a nice house with my own quality heating plus air, my associate and I keep it scrub plus organized. There is a space for everything plus all our stuff is of good quality plus used often. So when I found 5 boxes of stuff just stacked up in guest room, I had to inquire… My husband thought that she’d just store some stuff in there that he couldn’t find a locale for. It’s his house 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 conditioner. And I just don’t know I could handle that.