I've never quite understood the whole storage-unit trend. In my opinion, if you can leave it in your storage unit for months or even years, you don't actually need it at all. I personally do not keep things that do not fit in my 800 sq. ft apartment; when I start to run out of room, I start purging. It's one reason I only own one bicycle (yes, it's true). I think being saddled with too many possessions is not nearly as bad as not having enough of them, but it still leads to a strange sense that one's life has gone seriously off the rails. I sometimes miss the days when I could fit everything I owned into my VW.