The context of the following conversation is Jordan has a large collection of stamps, but it is too big. Jordan got rid of the collection altogether.:
Jordan says I finally decided that my stamp collection is too large..
The friend responds It was getting pretty big. What did you end up doing with it?.
Jordan responds I decided to get rid of the entire thing..
The friend responds That's extreme!.
Jordan responds It is a bit extreme, but there were so many stamps that I had to make a hard choice..
The friend responds Sometimes it's best to just start from scratch..