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The book that was helpful to me is Clutterbusting, letting go of what's holding you back, by Brooks Palmer.
Along with that, David K. Reynolds' book called Playing Ball on Running Water helped me to start processes of thinking differently about my life and the things in it.
Do you have some item which you have been saving like the hairbrushes, bottle caps, fast food ketchup packets or .... which you would be willing to part with as a first step to starting to make your mind think differently about what it should keep?
What I started with, about 5 years ago, was the little plastic covers over the blades on disposable razors. I saved those because they could make some kind of a sculpture .... some time .... some where ... but they were just piled up in the bottom of a drawer. One day I summoned my courage and threw one away. It was a challenge mentally. And then I threw the next one away, and the next one. With probably 1-5 exceptions, I have been throwing them away ever since. I still have issues with keeping things, but I have been discarding, recycling and donating things since then-and it has gotten a little easier. You just have to start where you are with something you have and initiate a change in your processes.
Let us know what happens for you.
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