This is definitely not about cleaning bodies though it certainly could be applied to bodies of "work". Perhaps thinking about end of life issues is something that you occasionally do.
This book has been recommended to me many times and now I'd like to recommend it to you. You most certainly don't need to be an elder to read this.
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning book is a very useful journey to explore no matter what stage of life you are at. Written in an engaging voice by Margareta Magnusson who when it was published in 2018, was somewhere between 80 and 100 years old.
We have all accumulated “stuff” over the course of our lives and this book reminds us that it’s important to be kind and considerate of our loved ones who will be there for us during our final days. If we take care of sorting through even a portion of our things, at the end of the day, we will leave less of a burden for our family and friends to sort through. A kind gesture for sure.
This book is laid out in such a way that you tackle the easy stuff first (things in storage that haven’t been looked at or used in years for instance) and you continue toward the more emotionally challenging items like photographs, letters, or journals.
I’ve always tried to keep on top of sorting through my personal things as well as my family’s things, but I know that I still have much to deal with. Maybe you do too. Let me make it easy for you, here is a link to order this inspiring and at times quite funny book. Spring cleaning, death cleaning, what's the difference?