Swedish Death Cleaning.

[salmon creek gary]

After toiling two decades in SoCal, I returned to the PNW in 2010 with all my little family's possessions crammed inside a 23-foot Penske truck.

Me: There are a dozen or more moving boxes full of my "stuff" still stacked in the garage . . . untouched these past fourteen years. I'm nearly 80 now, so those boxes have been weighing on my mind lately. In preparation for sorting it out "soon", I brought home three filing cabinets from a yard sale last Friday. Figured they'd be great for neatly storing any "stuff" from those moving boxes that I feel might come in handy some day. There are more yard sales I can visit today.

My Wife: Regularly gets rid of stuff when she sees it hasn't moved for awhile. I'm afraid to take a long nap for fear of waking up in the Goodwill warehouse.

Somehow we make it work. I figure she keeps her eyes closed in the garage. That may be a good place to nap.

 

[Kooljeep5]

Morning radio show was talking about this on my drive home.

The basic philosophy of Swedish death cleaning is to get rid of anything that does not make you happy, is not significant, or would not be worth anything if passed along to loved ones. Its purpose is to ensure you do not leave your loved ones with unnecessary clutter after you are gone.

Thank goodness most of my stuff is covered by this last part
"or would not be worth anything if passed along to loved ones."

Anybody been doing this type of stuff shedding lately. I have some old socks I could part with.

Well this has me thinking.
My wife has no use for 100% of everything I have.

 

[arakboss]

Well this has me thinking.
My wife has no use for 100% of everything I have.

But do you have use of a 100% of everything she has. Equity

 

[Kooljeep5]

But do you have use of a 100% of everything she has. Equity

Yes she doesn't spend a dime. She still wears clothes that she wore in high school and she's 58 years old. She still drives her chevy s10 she bought new in 2002. All her money goes in to her 401k and bank. She's a saver. I'm a spender.
Money is just paper and it's not fun. I want my stuff now. You can't take the paper with it when you die.

On the other hand being broke is no fun.