Rebekah Saltzman is passionate about the Zero Waste Movement and uses her professional design skills to help her clients create organized and beautiful spaces for themselves and their families. She is the Founder of Balagan Be Gone and it's her mission to have her clients get the most out of their possessions and stress less about managing it all. What do you do with all of your loved one's things when they've passed on? Rebekah sheds some light and offers advice on how to tackle this in a way that still honors the person who has passed on.

Key Takeaways:

• When is it too soon or too late to get rid of something?
• Rebekah's mother passed away last year and her family is waiting for her to come back home to clean out the house.
• It's hard to declutter your house when it's filled with memories.
• You have all the memories you need in your heart. You don't need stuff to fill it up.
• There are only so many items you can have before it becomes less about the person and more about the clutter.
• Inheriting your loved one's items is like going on a journey.
• When Rebekah's grandmother died, her mother kept her stuff in the basement for years before she let anyone in her family have it.
• If you want to sit on these things for a year, that's okay. Give yourself a bit of grace and permission.
• Susan shares how she had to deal with her husband's things after he passed away.
• Find ways to repurpose some of these items. You can honor these items in some way and that can be a very healing process.
• What do you do when other family members get upset by what you do with someone else's items?
• The longer it takes you, the more difficult it becomes to close this chapter.
• How do you declutter your loved one's items without dishonoring them?
• Do you really — need — new stuff right this second? Where is this going to live in the house?
• Why is it important to declutter the house for yourself?
• Most people do not collect things that are valuable in any way.
• Should you sell your items or just give them away?
• Remember, be kind to yourself. It's going to take you time to get through it all.

Resources:

Balaganbegone.com