There are probably many hoarders of reloading paraphenalia amongst us here on the forum. I'm one myself and for me it's hereditary. My dad's gun room makes mine look uncluttered.
Lately I've been making an effort to sell some of my excess brass hoard in our swapping and selling forum. At some point you've got to realize that you've got way more stuff than you'll ever be able to use. I try to share with other members of my club and especially younger shooters who are just getting started. I benefited from some great mentors when I was younger and now I realize the tables are turning and it's time for me to do some mentoring.
Here's the point of my post though. My father isn't getting any younger and is in the twilight of his shooting years. He's still able to split firewood, hunt, and shoot, but he's definitely slowing down. My mother has been after him to clean out some of his "junk". I've realized that I am going to have to clean his gun room at some point one way or the other. I told my dad that I'd rather clean it with him than clean it without him someday. Last night we spent some time together in his gun room and just started going through one area of clutter. Some is good stuff to keep, some is good stuff that we will never need that I will try to sell, and some is not so good stuff that we can just junk.
Overall we had a good time. My dad is happy when we find useful things that we forgot he had and can't even remember where we got them. And as a sign of progress, even when it's something we decide to sell, he's happy knowing he'd saved something worthwhile. And that thought makes getting rid of the true junk easier.
I guess the point in sharing these thoughts is that it's better to deal with it now and enjoy the process and recall memories together rather than put it off and be burdened by doing it alone some day.
Jason