*The basis for the wonderfully funny and moving TV series developed by Amy Poehler*
Dostadning, or the art of death cleaning, is a Swedish phenomenon by which the elderly and their families set their affairs in order. Whether it's sorting the family heirlooms from the junk, downsizing to a smaller place, or using a failsafe system to stop you losing essentials, death cleaning gives us the chance to make the later years of our lives as comfortable and stress-free as possible. Whatever your age, Swedish death cleaning can be used to help you de-clutter your life, and take stock of what's important.
Radical and joyous, eighty-something Margareta Magnusson's guide is an invigorating, touching and surprising process that can help you or someone you love immeasurably, and offers the chance to celebrate and reflect on all the tiny joys that make up a long life along the way.
Dostadning was previously published in hardback as The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning.
- 144 pages
- English
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Topic
Personal DevelopmentSubtopic
Mental Health & WellbeingTable of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Death Cleaning Is Not Sad
- Why I Am Writing This Book
- Precious Time and Helping Parents
- How to Begin
- What To Keep and What Not To
- Sort and Sort Out
- More Organising
- It Is No Fun to Play ‘Hide the Key’ When You Have Hidden It from Yourself
- A Very Good Approach
- Happy People
- My Third Death Cleaning
- Death Cleaning on Your Own
- How to Discuss the Topic of Death Cleaning
- Only Count the Happy Moments
- The Little Optimist
- Don’t Forget Yourself
- Making the Move to a Smaller Space
- Mapping out Your New Space
- Home
- A Few Thoughts on Accumulation and Other Things
- The Kitchen
- Things, Things and More Things
- If It Was Your Secret, Then Keep It That Way (or How to Death Clean Hidden, Dangerous and Secret Things)
- Unwanted Gifts
- Collections, Collectors and Hoarders
- In the Garden
- Pets
- At Last: Photographs
- Stuff You Can’t Get Rid Of
- The Throw Away Box
- Correspondence and Communication
- Written Things
- My Little Black Book
- Death Cleaning Is as Much (or More!) for You as for the People Who Come After
- The Story of One’s Life
- After Life
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
- Extract from The Swedish Art of Ageing Well
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