Didn’t get “digital hoarder” from you (I’m new here) but I suspect a lot of us from the same era (?) (pre-popularization of the internet, just pre-sharing mindset) had a lot of physical objects we collected (books, magazines, comics, CDs/DVDs, etc). Oh the money I wasted, never to be recovered! I’m now trying to minimize - but it’s a tough slog. (Partly because I feel like the “stuff” is weighing me down, partly because I no longer have the room.) All to say, I can’t stop collecting (info, images, ...) but at least the space it occupies is (mostly) virtual. Good luck on your journey - it sounds like the story has much to be written (both literally and figuratively).