How to sell everything in your house

I've been there. At this stage, it's frustrating and a weight on the mind. But it won't be for long.

My advice would be this: be ruthless. Detach yourself from it and get rid of it. Anything that's not genuinely important, personal or highly sentimental, just get rid of. Once you pick something up and start thinking of it's potential usefulness in the future, you'll make an excuse to keep it. Then you're right back to square one. Yes, it's a tricky one at first but once you start, you'll get on a roll. With selling, except for the things of significant value, you'll find most things can't really be sold without a bit of hassle.

I sold a few things on eBay and used the rest as a great way to 'pay it forward', often throwing in loads of 'bonus items' to friends and family. In the end I just started throwing the rest away and took great pleasure in taking ALL of the remainder up to the local skip and tossing it over the side. All I'm left with now is a backpack and a guitar that's with me right now and a few 'special possessions' that are with my folks. I did this at the turn of a new direction in life and it's amazing how cleansing the whole process is.

Once you start, it actually becomes fun.Just do it and don't look back. You're moving on and looking ahead in life, you'll soon forget about it once you're on the road, trust me.
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Scott - I'm actually pretty ruthless as it is with getting rid of things - friends and family actually ask me to come over to help them get rid of stuff as they know they won't part with things on their own! haha AND, the BEST thing - I'm really thinking in terms of - if we DO move to Oz, is this worth shipping all the way over there? It's amazing what isn't worth it!

When John and I moved in together we had two of everything, and we ended up calling a women's shelter to donate everything to them... if I wasn't going to make money from selling everything, then I at least wanted to know I was helping women and children in need... and it felt really good to donate so much and things that were practically brand new. There really is something to the "pay it forward" thing...
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My advice on the sorting: Start one room at a time, and divide things into piles: keep, sell and give away. Then you can take the give-away stuff to the salvation army (or wherever) as you go so it's not cluttering up your house. Try to sell lots - you'd be surprised what people buy!! And when you're done, you can always take it to goodwill. I agree - be RUTHLESS.

The only things I kept were very good pots, extremely expensive books that I'll use for my PhD, the clothes I'm taking with me, photos and other sentimental stuff (not much tho!) and my bed (it's brand new). All other furniture etc. GONE!!!
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You've got to really think like a minimalist and fight the urge to keep everything. In the end, it's more exciting looking ahead towards your trip than to look back on relics of your past.
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Tips & Warnings

Give good descriptions of your stuff

Don't ask for too much money. Sure you paid a lot for it, but now its used, and it's just in the way. $20 times a lot of sales is a lot of money.

Group some like items together. If you have a small cooler and a large cooler, people might buy them both.

Don't let people in your house to snoop around, and when they come to pick up what you're selling, put it outside. No need to have them poke through your garage.

Cash only