Make coffee Drink coffee, very slowly. Fortified with caffeine, stride purposefully into garage. Stare at boxes and mounds of things, wondering where to start. Tentatively open a box. Feel relieved that it is full of what can safely be categorized as junk—notes from college classes, knick-knacks, old insurance documents. Vigorously sort junk into keep piles, junk piles (give) and junkier piles (throw).
I strongly empathize on cleaning out the garage.