Business Insider ungated – “Millennials are about to be crushed by all the junk their parents accumulated…In some ways, this is a timeless problem — every generation accumulates things, and younger generations rebel against older generations’ tastes. But the sheer size of the current problem is unprecedented given that baby boomers are an extra-materialistic breed. They grew up in a time of economic prosperity, were raised by parents for whom the Great Depression loomed large, and hit their prime in the ’80s, when people were driving around with bumper stickers reading, “He who dies with the most toys wins.” They’re also collectors — they stocked up on Hummel figurines and Bing & Grøndahl plates and picked up a souvenir every time they went on vacation. In short, boomers love stuff, and not just their stuff. They held on to their parents’ stuff when they inherited it, and a lot of them are sitting with their kids’ stuff in their attics now, too. Sometimes, the sheer task of organizing and purging is so daunting that retirees who are ready and excited to move don’t, opting instead to stay put with their collection of trinkets.

It’s three generations of stuff,” Mindy Godding, a professional organizer and the owner of Abundance Organizing, said. And because boomers have famously been remaining in their homes, the situation is even worse. “The longer it’s been since you’ve been through a major transition, like a move or renovation, the more things can pile up and accumulate in the nooks and crannies in your house,” Godding added…”