QUESTION Swedish death cleaning: how to declutter your home and life
In our already busy lives, does tending to our online existence give us one more thing to do? Perhaps so. But it’s about taking responsibility for our own stuff. If we don’t make the decisions about what to keep or discard – whether actual or online – then ultimately others will need to. And if we don’t leave clear directions about where to find our digital content, it makes things tougher for everyone.
As Magnusson writes, death cleaning is “a permanent form of organization that makes everyday life run smoothly”. What better legacy to leave behind than to ease the bereavement process for the ones we love?
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.For death... I am old fashion... you can take your biz with you somewhere else.
GipsyOfNewSpain
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Jan 26, 2018
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I have been doing this for decades...i get itchy when there is too much stuff.
AnneWimsey
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Jan 25, 2018
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I had a good friend who loved to go to estate sales. So many times we went to a home full of clutter and whose owners died thinking the kids would want some of their stuff. They usually did not and hired an agent to sell it off. I think if people would think of strangers going through their personal things (like underwear) they might get motivated to get rid of everything except the bare essentials.
JackPedigo
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Jan 25, 2018
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