Swedish Death Cleaning Workbook

The 30 Days Challenge to Organize and Simplify Your Life, Declutter Your Home and Keep It Clean with 10 Minutes Daily Routines

By: Kelsie Zaria

Narrated by: Georgeann Haynes

Length: 3 hrs

Publisher's Summary

Life is a journey and like most of journeys leaves behind emotional memories as well as a lot of stuffy clutter...Time to get back your living spaces has come! Learn how to free yourself from useless personal belongings by downsizing and organizing your home in just 10 minutes a day per 30 days! Because your happiness is that of your loved ones....

How many times entering your house, office or any other living space of your day-to-day activities, find yourself pretending not to see all that mess around you? Would you like to do something (maybe tomorrow?) but the memories (and laziness...) connected to those things will just hold you....

But one day someone will have to throw them away...and rest assured that this won't be an easy nor emotionless task to your loved ones....

The practice of starting to clean up yours stuff as you approach your later years is quite common in Scandinavia, where it is lived without embarrassment or taboo, but rather as a sign of great civilization.

Designed, optimized, and arranged in a 30 days challenge, this workbook will provide you with unmatched daily step-by-step guide taking you through the whole process of death cleaning in just 10 minutes a day. You’ll get access to easy and proven day-by-day best practices that will that will guide you through a step-by-step process to declutter your life day by day, week by week, room by room and item by item.

In this the essential and powerful daily checklists featured in this book will assist you in implementing your decluttering process to a healthy and happier life.

Always remember that what your loved ones will need are your memories not just piled junks!

Don’t let things take control of your life!

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2019 Kelsie Zaria (P)2019 Kelsie Zaria

Not at all what I needed, not for me

While reading the reviews, I see that this book is useful and loved by some; however, it was not what I was looking for, nor was it what I expected. I was needing a "how to" book, which this is not.

The amount that the author believes can be accomplished in a single day is amazing--or perhaps she has truly never owned too much stuff. (I welcome her assistance with that.) She lists that "every activity, for each day, can be done in, give or take, ten minutes." Here is an example of some of the daily 10-minute activities (summarized by me):
Day 5: Check your refrigerator and every other
food storage space, check all expiration, replace foods, and organize your foods neatly.
Day 6: Go through all of your books, look for ebook versions, arrange your books, donate any you get ebooks for etc.
Day 9: Declutter your wardrobe--in 10 minutes?

Some of the wording in this book seemed a bit judgmental to me. For example, when the author stated at one point "Would you like to be anxious all the time in your life or would you rather be comfortable like every normal person in a decluttered house?" I was floored. Who determines "normal"? Do all normal people have a decluttered house? Are all people with decluttered houses in fact normal?

Some of the broad brush stroke concepts are worthwhile, but I had hoped for a bit more of a "how-to" and a bit less judgement. I think the PDF might in some cases be useful from a category perspective, perhaps; but I personally needed a deeper dive than this gave me. The narration for me seemed quite slow, which can be slightly improved by adjusting the speed.

Again, it was not what I expected it would be and I left it feeling a bit less "normal" and as if I'd been critically scolded, even though our house is close to "company-ready" at all times.

(Congratulations to the author on writing and publishing a book--I know that takes a lot of time and effort. I'm glad to see that you have an audience for whom this book is useful. I appreciate that this is valuable and doing good for some people. Congrats. That, however, was not the case for me. Apologies I could not provide a better review.)

painfully perfect

The subject matter is painful but the plan was perfect. The checklist PDF was so helpful in staying on track and not getting overwhelmed. 30 days just one thing to focus on each day help me stay relaxed and on target. Thanks so much.

An act of 💘 for yourself & family

An organized, clutter-free home is a gift to yourself now and later to your family. They will appreciate the ease with which they can assess and distribute your belongings as they celebrate your life through each object. Well written and concise. Clear, calm narration.

Well written easy listen

I enjoyed listening to this. Very interesting subject matter. I hope to get motivated to start my own Swedish death cleaning. Easy to listen and I would absolutely recommend.

I was given this book for free in exchange for an honest review.

Most of the effects of this book

I started sifting through my stuff a couple of years ago. I didn't want to leave a mess for my 22 year old granddaughter to go through someday. I puttered with the process so as a result, I'm nowhere near done. Great one. Thank you.

Definitely recommend it.

this is a philosophical approach to cleaning out ones belongings via get use of stories about the authors life. it was delightful and comforting. the author offered general strategies to organize ones belongings because we don't take anything with us. another main theme is to clean out so your children won't be overwhelmed, angry and resentful of you but rather, have happy memories of you. kid was the most useful part of the book because it helped me understand the feelings around this taboo subject on Western culture.

Mostly a great book

Very motivating book to get everything in order before it’s too late. The only part I didn’t like was the chapter on the fear of dying mental disorder. It’s totally irrelevant for anyone buying a book on swedish death cleaning. That chapter could have been put to better use with tips for maintaining a clean and organized home after you have decluttered or the benefits of creating a Will or ??? anything else would have made this book 5 stars.

Great audiobook

I found this audiobook to be very helpful and practical. I have read books on decluttering but this book really offers a different perspective. It's full of good information and exercises that are easy to put into practice. With the step by step guide you really can make a big difference in just 10 minutes a day!
I will be recommending this book to all of my friends!
This audiobook was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.

Very helpful and useful audio.

Great job. Highly recommend this book for anyone trying to cluttered their homes.The 30 Days Challenge to Organize and Simplify Your Life,

well done

sensible outline for getting stuff under control... perhaps a better motivator than so many decluttering books because it ultimately benefits our loved ones first and foremost... im starting my 30 day program today

Do not buy it, unless you want slow death

Horrible, horrible, horrible.
Please do listen when people say do not buy this book, especially audiobook.
If you see any other books where narration is done by Georgeann Haynes you do not want to buy it. My heart stops and I want to rip myself apart just listening this woman.
Until chapter 7 no workbook. Talking about death and listening a woman who can only use one tone, it is demolishing.
Whoever is listening about decluttering there is a reason to it. We need to be encouraged and lifting us up to do things better in our life. This audiobook far from that. Very upsetting.

This is absolutely the best one

Worth purchase!This book has lot of lovely introduction about death cleaning to lead a organized life. This book meet my expectation that i really want to be. I love the instruction and love to follow them to change lifestyle. Every homemakers should follow this guide.

Excellent Audiobook

This book comes with activities, exercises and questions. It’s a very well laid out and should be simple to follow