“To defeat Fortune, men must anticipate such evils before they arise, and take prudent steps to avoid them. When the waters have already risen, it is too late to build dikes and embankments.”-- Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
Fixit, you are keeping things you can use and know what uses these thing have. You are not keeping twenty piles of magazines from 1986. What you have is a much needed skill. You also have a non-tangible skill with which to barter, big time!