There is a woman who grew up in a home where the father was a construction worker. More than that, he did what is now known as flipping. He would buy a rundown house, move his family in, and spend a year or so fixing it up in his spare time. Then he'd buy another fixer upper, sell the current home, and move his family into the newest rundown residence. This is how he made money.
A by-product of this frequent moving lifestyle is that this woman could literally pack up a house in a matter of hours. She learned early to prioritize her possessions. The items that made it through each move were only those that really mattered. The rest went in the trash or to good will.
Contrast her with another woman who grew up in a home where the mother had lived through the depression and desired for her children to never want for anything, even if the family really couldn't afford to buy anything.
They lived in the same house for decades, collecting things that no one ever threw out. The mother was a product of a poor childhood never wanting to feel deprived again. That's what she passed on to her daughter, who became a pack rat.
While the first woman would never need to go to to find a self storage facilities, the second woman needed it desperately to store box loads of possessions. It was a lifesaver, giving her space to walk her halls once again.
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