I've always been an eclectic collector (meaning I collect a multitude of different stuff). I've got (had) stuffed animals (249), books, 'nostolgia' items, stuff 'just in case I might need it someday', etc.

The problem is my house is simply running out of room, doesn't help that hubby is a pack rat too. lol

Last year I read a series of books by Don Aslett (Clutters Last Stand, For Pack Rats Only, How To Lose 200 lbs This Weekend). These books helped me ALOT with learning to downsize my collecting and finally throw away some of that worthless stuff clogging up my house. I mean do I really need to keep that t-shirt from the 5th grade I decorated with markers for a project that was too small to fit me even then? NO, so now I take pictures of the really sentimential stuff (so I can look at it any time I want without having to dig through boxes in my basement to find the stuff) and pitch it out or sell it at a garage sale. I have alot more room in my house now (although I still have a LONG ways to go to declutter from my collections).

I guess by those definitions in the first post, I'm a little bit of each one of those collecting types. lol