"Death cleaning does not consist in dusting or mopping: it is a form of permanent organization that will make your life flow more smoothly", explains Magnusson who, having reached a certain age, has had several opportunities to tidy up the homes of parents, relatives, friends and even the spaces left by their deceased husband, thus finding themselves managing a mountain of objects and memories left by those who are no longer there: “Many people cannot conceive of death. And they often leave a big mess behind them. Do they think they are immortal? ". Magnusson's method, in short, is not just a system that helps each of us to live our daily lives in a more orderly, linear and sincere way, but somehow prepares us to do a final and definitive favor to those who will survive us. : don't force them to spend days tidying up our chaos.
Although with an eschatological side, therefore, the reordering in Swedish sauce is one of those lifestyle phenomena of self-help that is part of the trends of recent years, from Kondo's decluttering to bullet point books and all those other manuals that would teach us to put our life back on track. But we are talking about Swedish Death Cleaning these days because Peacock, the American streaming whose catalog is also available from us on Sky, has ordered a new docuseries inspired by this concept: in each episode one or a professional cleaner will go at the home of an ordinary person, helping him to reorganize his home and get rid of the superfluous, but also to try to identify significant objects to be left as a "legacy" to loved ones. Producing the show and narrating each episode will be Amy Poehler, a comedian known for Mean Girls and Parks and Recreation.