Death Cleaning - No more mess
Created: 01/24/2022, 09:10
By: Janine Napirca
Don't leave your loved ones in chaos and create order in your home.
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It's not as macabre as it sounds.
Read here what is behind the Swedish tidying trend.
Under
Döstädning
as the Swedish original is called, refers to a special
clean-up technique
, which has only removed something to do with death.
The Swedish word is made up of "to die" and "cleanliness" and is therefore called
death cleaning
in English
.
But what does one have to do with the other?
Don't worry, what sounds macabre isn't nearly as terrifying as it sounds.
Döstädning is basically just about tidying up properly.
Above all, this also includes clearing
out
and
clearing out
so that you feel completely comfortable in your home*.
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What exactly is Death Cleaning or Döstädning?
The method for successfully
tidying up and
sorting
out the useless
was primarily influenced by the Swedish author
Margareta Magnusson
and her book
"Mrs. Magnusson's art of arranging the last things in life"
.
On the one hand, it's about letting go of your own baggage that you unnecessarily carry around with you.
On the other hand, the bereaved should also be spared work if one day one dies oneself.
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How do you organize your life according to the Swedish Death Cleaning method?
The Swedish tidying method Döstädning is based on a principle similar to
Marie Kondo's "Magic Cleaning"
: Don't hold onto things that you neither use nor like.
However, that does not mean that you have to consistently part with meaningful memorabilia.
Margareta Magnusson recommends a so-called "throw-away box" in which the dearest memories are, but which are only relevant to you.
For example, personal letters or photos.
This box can be safely disposed of after death by the bereaved without them even having to look inside.
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So if you have belongings that have
neither a material nor an immaterial value
, you should clear out everything you no longer need throughout your life.
It can also help to talk about it with friends or family and put your life in order together.
This saves others a lot of work.
Life is fleeting and yet it's much nicer to revel in wonderful memories than to gather around meaningless stuff.
In the video, Swedish author Margareta Magnusson talks about Death Cleaning
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