I have to say, being forced to get rid of about 3/4 of my things has had a lot of benefits. Before the fire, I had bought those Mari Kondo books with the goal of cutting down on extra stuff, but it turned out my life took care of that for me. What is left means a lot to me, it's all extremely organized, there's no clutter and I clean much more often and thoroughly because the space is so much easier to clean, so fewer allergies!. I cook more too, and more adventurous recipes, because the truth was I could never use the tiny apartment kitchens properly-- I had too many appliances and dishes taking up working space. Most things I would not bother to replace at this point. Just don't need em.

I still read through the Kondo books. Painfully repetetive and cheesy, but I followed her clothes folding section in Spark Joy verbatim and it completely changed my life.