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Permission to Let Go — The First Step to Freedom

12 Dec 2025 · 1 min

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Utkarsh Narang put a sign on his attic file cabinet telling his kids they could throw everything away after he died. He argues parents should give their children explicit permission to discard family possessions, not out of obligation but choice, which reduces conflict and eases grief.

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I had a file cabinet in my attic, which I had a sign on the side of it for my kids that said, when I die, this can be dumped. I mean, so I was giving them permission to let go, which I've always said to people who have children, please give your children permission to do whatever they want with your stuff, because I cannot tell you the hours I have spent with people grieving over the loss of someone and also madder than heck that they left And so I always say, tell your children that I'm doing the best I can. I know I've still left a mess. Whatever you do is fine. It is the best gift you will ever give your children. So I had this sign on the side of the file cabinet, literally said, hey kids, when I die, you can trash this. That was what it is.