From the title, I thought it was some kind of drastic colon cleanse!
We are both 74 and need to be thinking of our demise but my DH just won’t get rid of things without a struggleo. To balance things out I have started to dispose of things I am not attached to and will not use/need again. As I have a Kindle I have got rid of a lot of books except a few with sentimental value. All costume jewellery from the 80s and 90s has gone as have all my knitting patterns, needles and wool. Excess Christmas decorations will be next and DH has promised to go through the garage and get rid of a lot of things he has hung on to ‘in case they come in useful’. My clothes have beeen drastically pruned down and I have stoppped buying things in sales; I stop now and think it’s not a bargain unless you need it and would have bought it anyway.
As we have two sons and only two of our four granddaughters knew my Mum, and sadly we are estranged from them, I have passed on what little jewellery she had to my brother for him to decide what to give to his two Daughters.
I have given some photos to our sons, organised remaining photos into albums and have written details on the back of most of them so it will be easy for our sons to decide what they want to keep. DH scanned all our photos last year and a lot of our music is on computer. All our CDs are now in alphabetical order and the few that are listed at a Amazon at high prices have yellow stickers on with a message to check the value before disposing of.
I have written down what jewellery of mine I want to go to grandchildren and daughters in law.
We do have some china and cystal glassware that was so popular way back but it is in a cupboard.
I have disposed of my old phones and laptops, DH won’t but I have done my bit.
We did our wills some time ago but as yet haven’t done anything about our funerals.