The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning

I would need to know when I was likely to die first.

Imagine death cleaning your house - and then living for another 30 years.

Yes we did it last year and then we moved house so everything is in order and would be easy for our daughter when we go. We are hoping to get our exits planned to. Hopefully there will be a law allowing it and we won't have to go abroad for it.

I have been trying, but it goes against the grain. I think that I may need a skip!

I did it when I downsized. I gave away all the family photographs to my children, threw out lots of stuff and have a minimal amount of ornaments. If I buy a book, I give one away. It was very cathartic. Now I have a clear out every winter.

I don't plan to die yet....but who knows when that will be.
I plan to keep my bits around me to enjoy thank you very much , while I'm still alive.

Let them sort it out, I have moved so many times so some clutter has already gone.

Here's to another 20 years of promising my self to cull the photos.

Every winter I have a de-clutter when I can't go out in the garden and I chuck out loads but there's still more to go at and I'm really not a 'hoarder'. Its a bit depressing really

Oh, okay, thank you.
That’s quite odd because I’ve been thinking about this myself.
Nothing personal, but I think that I will probably have to hide the thread, as I need no encouragement to be maudlin at the moment!

I read about this some time ago and it's basically leaving your house as you would want your relatives to find it when you die. They don't want to sort through piles of school reports, old birthday cards etc etc. Just chuck it all and put you stuff in order. I understand its a Swedish way of saving further distress to their families.

What on earth is it?!
I definitely need to ‘declutter’ (for want of a much better word)