Has anyone Kondo'd and regretted it?

[moreshitandnofuckingredemption]

I hear lots of great stuff on here, but am wondering if anyone has had a massive clearout and regretted chucking anything sentimental?
I'm less worried about the folding

You don't need to chuck everything out, just de clutter and have sentimental things in nice boxes not out gathering dust - unless you love looking at them.

I have no idea what Kondo is though, I don't think you need books to tell you how to tidy, you just need to de clutter and DO IT

I regret giving away lots of books, and don't throw out all your paperwork. otherwise my house is still clutter free 6 months on and im beginning to change shopping habits

I feel a bit of regret about favourite books but then remind myself that I would never have re-read them anyway and had enjoyed reading them the first time, and if I really want to read them again I can always get the kindle version

No regrets yet and definitely not books.

I did regret getting rid of 1 item of clothing, but I can't remember what it was now...

I was a bit of a thrower-outer anyway, so at first 1 turned my nose up at the book tbh, then curiosity got the better of me and I read it. This time several car loads left the house, including furniture (more than 1 item!).

I'm not too worried about books tbh, I'm quite good at passing mediocre stuff on once I've read it (oh my lucky friends and family!) and I re-read stuff I like often.

That said:

1. I am not very good with getting rid of books I haven't read, but I think I could resolve that in one session if I was in the right frame of mind.
2. I have a load of set (classical) texts from university I should probably get rid of. But what if I ever wanted to look at them again?! They're not the sort of thing I could get out of the local library...
3. maybe I should be more worried about books

I'm more talking about holiday souvenirs, letters from teenage years, stuff like that. I have a couple of big boxes in the loft. The obvious thing is just to throw the whole lot out. In the past I've always "been through it", maybe thrown out 2 things and just neatly restacked it to take up marginally less space. Which isn't really the point!

This doesn't even bring me on to photos, which is another minefield.

I must say, I haven't read the Kondo book (yet), but what I've read on here makes it sound perfect for me. I have loads of storage space but I think I would benefit mentally from just having less stuff kicking about, and having a different approach to stuff. I am not a natural chucker-outer, it's not Life of Grime round here but I could do with some assistance.

No. I got rid of a load of irreplaceable books relating to my PhD and while I feel a bit odd, I love the space.

No. We're half way through the process and it's lovely.

I can honestly say no. This included old love letters, photos, gifts.

It was actually pretty liberating.

Sorry, pressed send too early.

It was liberating to get rid of all my stuff. I only kept the sentimental things because I thought they were important. I haven't thought about any of it since it went.

Pieface did you go through it all? I'm fearful I'll get stuck if I do.