I was browsing at my local library and came across a slim volume called "The Swedish Art of Death Cleaning"?? I couldn't borrow it because it's on hold for 3 other folks, but I'm intrigued. It's apparently a Swedish concept of decluttering in old age, so that your loved ones aren't stuck with task. Has anyone else used this method?
I think about this sometimes - what if something happened to me....and my friends, or worse, my brother, found those few little things I never wanted anyone to see? Mainly my journals from when I was younger! Full of marijuana-influenced, navel-gazing tripe. But some other things that would probably just embarrass the finder! Plus other stuff....I don't even know what to do with the family photos and memorabilia; it's not like my brother or I have kids to leave anything to.
My mom had to deal with 60+ years worth of semi-hoarded stuff when my grandad died. (Empty yogurt containers....who on earth keeps hundreds of empty yogurt containers?) 1-800-Got-Junk became her new best friends.
I shouldn't gripe, I just viewed my own basement :P