Decide what you want to fight over and what it isn't worth and keep your pride out of it. At first my ex wanted to fight over every single thing even over stupid things like my tools which she had never touched. We went to mediation and they convinced her she would get a lot less if it went before the judge. I ended up with less than half but it was what mattered to me and I didn't have to spend more time in a room with her. My kids were young so that part was hard but if yours are older they should have a lot of input into where the end up.
Yeah, I presonally don't care much about the "stuff." My lawyer said that one thing I can do is have him make out a list of stuff he wants to take when he goes and then I can look it over and approve it. Chances are likely that I'll approve of whatever he puts down. As for the kids, they already spend most of their time with me. He works evenings and weekends, so they don't see him all that much anyway. I think this will go pretty smoothly really. He can't really fight much of any of it. We don't even own a house together. We live in a house owned by my parents.