Tomorrow is the Day of Burden, as noted on the official NEaB calendar.  A few days ago, I was reading the holiday's description and thinking hard about how lucky I was to have everything that I do.  When I was a young NEaBian, weight definitely was an issue.  I remember having to sort through my inventory constantly in order to make room in my backpack for excess items, such as armor or raw materials.  Thankfully, as I gained levels and subsequently gained strength, I was at last able to start hauling my possesions around properly.

 Later on I acquired a dungeon and a store in the Marketplace, which also served as excellent places to sell extra possesions or keep things in.  As I gained more levels and started earning more quest rewards, I began to obtain more and more possesions.  Many quests required ingots and raw materials, so I started keeping several hundred or so of these with me, so that it wouldn't be too bothersome to run back and get some during a particularly exciting moment.

 Later on, a generous woman residing in the Iron Isles, offered to give me cooking lessons.  As I advanced towards my degree and began to learn more and more recipes, I realized that one of the best ways to learn was to keep as many ingredients as I could within my inventory and experiment from there.  I also noticed that previously overlooked spots on certain islands could reveal great surprises if I happened to keep certain supplies with me - a reserve torch, for example, could light up a dark passage containing exciting secrets.  

 Until then, I had mostly overlooked the various shopping districts on other islands.  I soon found out, however, that the shopkeepers were all so kind, displaying various goods to me and helping me to check if I needed anything.  By this time it was not uncommon for me to walk around with several hundred thousand gold in my pocket, so I relented to the urge to buy and indulged in whatever I could purchase.  I figured that if I had every single type of item available, I would no longer be lacking anything, whether it be recipe-making, questing, or simply indulging in needs.

Thus, I arrived at the present, armed with loads of foodstuffs, plenty of armor (even the low-leveled ones) and a dubious amount of self-worth.  Did I really need all these items?  Even if, for example, a future quest required a diamond ring, was it really necessary to cart 100 of them around all the time?  As I looked in dismay at my scattered possesions, I realized that, contrary to what I had formerly believed, wealth was not the true way to happiness.

That was how I began my Spring Cleaning.  I think I'll be doing it more often in the future, too - for the most part I'll just cart around whatever I think I need, and not have too many excesses of it.  In case you're wondering, I didn't put any of it into my shop - to prevent other NEaBians from suffering the same fate as me I cast them into the void.

Or at least, I think I cast them into the void.  What happens when you click 'drop' on your inventory?