Death cleaning at age 57

Claudia Stack
ILLUMINATION
Published in
11 min readOct 15, 2023

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Eventually I learned I had to dump my stuff out, tote by tote, before things got better. Image by Claudia Stack

My life took an unexpected turn three years ago. Without dragging you through a lot of boring medical details, suffice it to say my hair is just now coming back for the second time. Yes, I have had so much chemo that I have lost my hair twice already.

However, this article is not about my cancer, it’s about coming to terms with my stuff. It’s about trying to

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