This Spring, I will be reviewing two books that have greatly helped me in my own downsizing before a move and rightsizing to enjoy my current home. The first is the international best seller The Gentle Art of Swedish Death-Cleaning: How to Free Yourself from a Lifetime of Clutter (2018) by Swedish author Margareta Magnusson.

I love the title! The phrase "Death-Cleaning” can be startling! Magnusson presents us with a stark reminder of the inevitable — that someone at sometime is going to have to go through our stuff! Magnusson describes the Swedish term döstädning which translates as death-cleaning, a common act among older Swedes to clear their own homes as much as possible throughout their later years and before death.

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