Clean up before you pass on

Don’t forget to declutter your online accounts as well, and ensure that your login information will be available to your loved ones for important accounts like finances in the event of your death. — AFP

Based on a book titled The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and Your Family From a Lifetime of Clutter by Margareta Magnusson, the Swedish custom of “death cleaning” is quite a sensible and practical way to manage your possessions in your golden years.

For background, Magnusson wrote the book after dealing with the deaths of her parents and husband, and not knowing what to do with their possessions.