Yep Duane1x that's our approach too. We've e-bayed practically everything we own and given special bits and pieces to peeps we know. We have 3 tea-chest size boxes that will be freighted to us when we're settled, they have, photos, DVDs, CDs, Poppy soft toys, not much rreally but all we feel compelled to ship.
It's working well for us. It's kind of liberating, like casting off our past ready to start anew
It's a good feeling!!