Aw stuff right. I stuck all my stuff in storage every time I traveled/lived somewhere. Even though I, mercilessly culled stuff I still have mountains. I regret culling my vinyl collection though. I have used commercial freight shipping twice though. Once when I lived in Cyprus and once in Japan.

Fortunately my family didn't leave much to inherit (fortunately? :) ) so there was never really much that was inheritable except worthless nostalgia. Must be hard plowing through stuff and trashing it.