Too Much Stuff

I am feeling a bit overwhelmed by stuff at the moment, I have way too much stuff, the other day while emptying a box of tools into some storage drawers I realized that I have duplicates and triplicates of most of my tools.
A long time ago a chap who was probably the same age that I am now told me that everyone should move out into the middle of the street once a year. Doing this move would cause us to think hard about what we burden ourselves with. This all comes down to what I am afraid of... I am beginning to think that being afraid of being worth something. This worth being measured in goods and chattels is fed to us from an early age, and I also think that it is cultural. I am getting much closer to being able to let stuff go without regret. There is no point chastising myself for accumulating all this stuff, I will work at letting go of my fears. I have worked hard and spent a lot time earning money to pay for this accumulated store of stuff, most of the time being numb to the bigger picture, that accumulating stuff doesn't create a real sense of well being, but a condition of entrapment. I am responsible now for this stuff, it has mostly outlived its purpose for me and now my responsiblity to recyle it.