Have You Ever Done Something and Found Later it Had a Name? De-Cluttering Can Also be Termed Death Cleaning

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A customer of our store was talking about death cleaning. I had to ask what in the world she was talking about and basically it's getting rid of what you're not currently using that is stored in the basement, in extra rooms of your home or even in storage facilities and not only getting rid of it as a goal, but doing it now rather than saving it for later. Most of us will keep putting it off especially when we don't see it every day. I did windows for someone recently and they had a lovely home, but sight-unseen to most eyes, they had several bedrooms that were loaded with extras. Possibly it was storing items to use in an upcoming party, but I'm guessing that most of it had been there a very long time. That showed me that even those with more money than I currently have, also don't manage their things very well. For me in the past, I've saved things just in case. Mostly because I knew I didn't have the extra funds to buy new if something was needed later on. For the most part, I've not stored furniture, but I have saved a lamp or two in my life. I did begin working on extraneous things that I wasn't using or hadn't used in a long time. I've put a hold on that, though, until after I get my second knee replaced which is on hold at present until the wound on my ankle finishes healing. I also may now have a stress fracture on that same foot from when I lift my weight off the ankle when it hurts. I'm getting that check out in an hour. I'm guessing I will be wearing a boot cam for six to eight weeks. By then the would should be long gone and maybe I can swap a later surgery patient with my own next month and not have to wait overlong for this. I did look up the term, but won't link anything here. You can google 'Death Cleaning' yourself. Someone wrote about it and others have jumped on the band wagon. Why make your children have to go through your things? You can find out now if there's anything in particular that they want and give it to them unless you're still using it. Any ideas?