getting rid of books and other things

Finally got started properly on packing and labelling my boxes of books. I thought I had about 60 boxes. I was wrong. I have more than 80. :( I worked through about a quarter of them today, but really only managed to put aside about two and a half boxes to be discarded. That's not good. I was hoping to be able to get rid of about three quarters of them. I have to do better. On the positive side, I found some things that I'd wanted to work on for ages... though now I won't be able to until after I've moved. Another positive is that I've found online ebook replacements for some of my biggest, heaviest reference books. It pains me that I'll be getting rid of those books, but I can take comfort that as ebooks they will be more accessible. I have to be more merciless in stripping away so much of that treasure I've built up over 70-odd years. I have literature from my childhood! Julie mentioned something that I'll try to keep in mind. She called it Swedish Death Clearing (I think I have that right). It is the process of clearing out all your stuff so that those who come after you don't have to. I must do better.