We are entering our last week of our first full month! Go us!!
If you are new to the monthly/weekly challenges, please go here,
otherwise, let's get this going!
(You can also go to LABELS and click on 2015 challenges.)
This month we have (1) prepared a filing system that works for us, (2) gathered all of the important documents we could possibly think of and filed them, (3) dove deeper into our beloved to make sure that we have them covered, and filed everything we collected.
Here is week 4:
Make a will.
Writing a will can be as simple as typing out how you want your assets to
be transferred to loved ones or charitable organizations after your death.
If you don't have a will when you die, your estate will be handled in probate,
and your property could be distributed differently than what you would like.
If you have no idea where to begin, I suggest looking into a site such as this:
Writing a Will/USA.gov (This is where the above-quoted passage came from.)
Or speaking with someone you trust who may be able to assist you.
I typed-up my own using this website as a guide. Literally, I opened up the WordPad document and wrote out my response to each step (making certain to include what each step entailed) and this took me just under an hour...but I am long-winded, you might not need so much time.
If you can afford/desire to have it notarized, do that this week too (ideally), if not, simply make sure you file it where someone can find it easily in the unfortunate event of your premature death and make certain that it has your signature on it.
If you have adult relations who do not already have a will in place as well, encourage them to step on it!!
Another goal for this week is to have a living will.
A living will is a legal document that a person uses to
make known his or her wishes regarding life prolonging
medical treatments.
source
In short, I highly recommend that you have a talk with your spouse and/or all your
elderly/sick/mature family members as a good will to their wishes.
The same with your own.
When my husband and I first had this discussion, I was shocked by how differently we see things such as comatose, brain-death, and even donating organs.
It is a difficult conversation, but one well worth having.
With each document, I suggest printing numerous copies and filing them separately. One with your documents, one with your spouses. Perhaps one in your e-mail account, you decide.
If you have beneficiaries or are bequeathing your assets, I recommend you make an additional file for your safe with exact names, addresses, and other identification marks.
An additional suggestion is a Legacy Drawer. For this month's challenge, this is ABOVE AND BEYOND, but a fantastic idea! -FANTASTIC!!
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We did it!! Week four, we so got this!!
This week we are given a bonus day, so if you need to, play some catch-up before April begins.
thank you for braving this last month with me!-
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