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Don't invite clutter, as in stop buying so many things. If you can't break that habit then it will just get back to where it was.
If you are keeping something, is the total possible savings by keeping it around worth the lost space that could be used for something else? If it was gone would it be easier to clean? Is wasting time managing it existing in your space worth it?
Keep some keepsakes around, just keep it manageable. One or two tubs is plenty if you only go through them once a decade or less. Yeah, you might save some money by keeping an old toy around for grandkids, but there will also be newer toys and odds are they won't want old stuff enough to keep boxes of them around. Maybe keep a few of your favorites so you can share stories.
Unless you really enjoy changing decorations constantly only a couple backups of regular things are needed at most. You don't need a dozen sets of bedding. You don't need a full backup set of silverware.
I don't need the inner workings of the last three generations of PC builds, but I keep telling myself that I will use them for playing around with Linux and they only take up a small tub so I am OK it since I got rid of three tubs of the kiddos childhood toys she never really played with. Kept a tub of the ones she liked in case she has kids and wants to pass them on. One tub of a thing is fine if there aren't too many total tubs.
Note:tub is my unit of measurement since having these discussions with family are hard to have without something to represent volume.