Decluttering in Retirement (or at Any Age) Frees Space and the Soul
Death cleaning, a common practice in Sweden, sounds harsh. But the purpose of dostadning is to ease the burden on relatives and friends by getting rid of your stuff now, instead of leaving them to deal with your clutter after you die.
Margareta Magnusson explains the custom in her new book, The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning (Scribner, $19). An artist who gives her age as between "80 and 100,"
