Swedish Death Cleaning.

[arakboss]

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.

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[P7M13]

Buddhist death cleaning is to completely douse your house in gasoline, sit in the middle of it and light a match.

 

[Nosferatu]

Drive-by post of the day.....

 

[Bacchus]

I have some old socks I could part with.

What size?

 

[arakboss]

What size?

X-Large, I think my wife is going to offer a free pair with every pound of powder she sells. You'll have to buy a full brick of primers if want boxers.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

To the tune of Metallica's Creeping Death :

Slaves , buyers born to assemble , to serve the IKEA
Heed to his every printed instruction , live in anticipation
Faith of the disassembled one , the deliverer
Wait there is one more part that must be found , four hundred years...

So let it be written
So let it be done
I'm sent here by the disassembled one
So let it be written
So let it be done
To purchase more of the IKEA
I'm Swedish death....

Andy

 

[Koda]

Old Native American proverb:

Never posess more than you can carry across a river.

 

[Spitpatch]

Helluva lot easier just to find someone you really hate and make them the Executor of your estate.

 

[Certaindeaf]

Drive-by post of the day.....

Five finger death post.

 

[Joe13]

IKEA is a non profit….


Look it up, CEO his wife is VP or something and BIL is CFO I believe.

They live in Sweden so they can claim it as a non profit. How does a company make that much and still be a non profit??? Top 3 get massive bonuses at the end of the year.

 

[Spitpatch]

My first impression was that this was another one of those "My solvent's better than your solvent for cleaning a Swede to death" threads.

 

[Joe13]

I have a metric ton of 'stuff'. 90% probably only gets used a couple times a year.

75% only gets used once every couple years.

BUT
1. I'm not that old (in my mind.
2. I don't have to spend the money when I do need it.
3. I have the space. (My house is lived in and not a showroom)
4. I rotate thru a great many hobbies over years so no reason to sell a lot of it.
5. I am a jack of many trades and master of a few so I have WAY more tools and materials then the average DIY'r.
6. If I had to I could live a year off of the money made selling off stuff in my house so I figure it is security for time like now when I do not have a job. Thankfully helping family with side jobs is keeping some trickle coming in.



Tip that everyone knows and few follow:

Don't work for friends and relatives - they will always undervalue you







Ultimately my daughter and her partner will have a house plus the contents to figure out. They will make out like bandits so I think that is a fair trade. As I get older and unable to do some things, then I will start letting things go.

 

[Knobgoblin]

What's your mailing address?

 

[arakboss]

I may have a reputation for not heeding advice but there is one piece of advice I hold dear.




I may not win but I sure will give it a good effort.

 

[Bacchus]

I may have a reputation for not heeding advice but there is one piece of advice I hold dear.

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I may not win but I sure will give it a good effort.

I saw that on a bumper sticker about 30 years ago, on a Morgan or MG TC or something like that. Very indulgent vehicle to be tooling around in the 1990s and so the sticker was spot on.

And then a few years later I saw a bumper sticker on a ship box car that said, "Whoever dies with the most stuff still dies."

 

[Alexx1401]

When I met the Wife 29 years ago I had spent a good while living in such a way that "moving" was done in one trip. I could put everything I owned in one trip. Then I met the Wife. We moved into a large 4 bed home as we now had us and 2 pre teen kids. 20 years later we had to move, kids were gone and I could not believe the amount of I had acquired. It was as if stuff in the shop and garage had been breeding. I put 2 8ft tables in front yard with sign saying FREE. For days was packing stuff out to set on those tables and most was packed off. Then rented the largest U-Haul they make. Couple trips to new place, one trip to dump to get it all moved. 3 years later it was time to move again and this time I told Wife NO, I am paying pro's this time. She kicked a little but gave in. I was just getting too damn old for this crap. The movers came over in a very large rig, with 3 strong young guys. Took them about 5 hours total including time to eat lunch we bought for them. It was WELL worth the cost to let someone else do the hard work. That move was 3 years ago and I still have some boxes in the basement that have not been been put away yet. A few times I gave up looking for something and just bought new.

 

[Koda]

I could not believe the amount of I had acquired. It was as if stuff in the shop and garage had been breeding.

Seems like once a week we get a package delivered yet nothing else gets recycled in exchange, everytime a new package arrives i ask where is this gonna go then it somehow blends in.

I do know tha guns breed in the safe when the door is closed....

 

[Capn Jack]

I may have a reputation for not heeding advice but there is one piece of advice I hold dear.

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I may not win but I sure will give it a good effort.

No, Who ever dies with the most stuff is dead.

Let the relatives sort it out.

 

[arakboss]

I have bought several all or nothing batches of reloading stuff. I have a bunch of duplicates from die sets, to presses, to scales, etc. One of these days I will sort through it and sell off the duplicates so I can buy more consumables (powder, primers and bullets).

I can understand why the people I have bought from didn't want to piece it out. The ridiculously low prices I paid didn't warrant trying to talk them into to selling me just the stuff I wanted.

 

[Capn Jack]

I'm in the process of cleaning out, (Before selling), a 40' boat I have had for over 30 years.
It's like moving out of a house!