Anyone who has gone through that process knows how emotionally draining it is it’s a big job that’s best done by the person who is responsible for accumulating everything.” I would rather not have to clean out their estate later in life. Unstuffing drawers, closets, and storage units removes an element of emotional burden from any family and friends whom seniors leave behind, says Gunter, whose parents are currently streamlining their home using Magnusson’s decluttering method. If the state of your home is unpleasant, overwhelming, and you've got embarrassing items in your drawers, that’s what they will remember you for.” “Think about what you're leaving behind-that will become the last memory your loved ones have of you. “At the end of your life, you want your loved ones to be focusing on your life and your memories instead of cleaning up your mess,” Corriveau says. $40 at Amazon Process frees your family from a lifetime of messĬorriveau says one of the most impactful sentences in Magnusson’s book is: "A loved one wishes to inherit nice things from you. Gunter often recommends sorting bins for moving and donating items. “It's calming and even therapeutic to revisit all the items in your home, enjoy the memories they evoke, and then send them off to be loved and enjoyed by someone else,” whether “someone else'' is a family member charitable organization. Even the contents of the most mundane box may bring up simple, special memories,” says Corriveau. It's a great way to relive special times and events. “While Swedish Death Cleaning can be done at any point in one's life, it has a special meaning for older adults who have raised their families and lived most of their lives. Swedish Death Cleaning allows you to take the time to appreciate older items that have been archived in places like the garage or attic. “You can’t take it with you.” Why Swedish Death Cleaning is good for seniors Simply put, “The approach behind ‘The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning’ is more decluttering and letting go than organizing,” says Corriveau. “When you are gone, your memory should be the only thing left,” Gunter says of Magnusson’s teachings. In Swedish culture, it’s considered rude to impose aggravation-like decluttering-on others, she advises.
“Many Swedes consider the first half of their life as an opportunity to accumulate wealth, knowledge, and assets and the second half of their life as a way to disperse that value properly-to the right places and people.”
Gunter’s family’s roots are Scandinavian and her first language was Swedish, so Magnusson's book-and the subject-are near and dear to her heart, she says. “Swedish Death Cleaning is a way of life and, just like with Marie Kondo’s method, this practice is highly cultural,” says organization and productivity coach Caroline Gunter, CEO of The Swedish Organizer. We accumulate so much over the course of our lifetime.
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