Swedish Death Cleaning Gets Real

<p>Actually, my younger self knew that. At 22, I vowed never to own more than could fit in the trunk of my VW bug. I was a minimalist before it was a thing. Thirty years ago, in the early days of the internet, I moderated a discussion group for practitioners of voluntary simplicity. My intentions were always firmly in the less-is-more camp, but as John Lennon sang, &ldquo;life is what happens when you&rsquo;re busy making other plans.&rdquo;</p> <p>So, like many over-privileged humans, I&rsquo;m now occupied with paring down the excess from a lifetime of accumulation. Our consumer culture makes acquisition easy and mindless, making us feel overwhelmed by our possessions. It seems everyone is decluttering these days. Peacock has a new series on Swedish death cleaning, although I haven&rsquo;t seen it because I decluttered my streaming services.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/crows-feet/swedish-death-cleaning-gets-real-de21f447913b"><strong>Click Here</strong></a></p>