{"id":375,"date":"2014-09-13T19:45:22","date_gmt":"2014-09-13T19:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plinylives.com\/?p=375"},"modified":"2014-09-13T19:51:37","modified_gmt":"2014-09-13T19:51:37","slug":"estate-planning-dont-procrastinate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plinylives.com\/?p=375","title":{"rendered":"Estate planning – Don’t procrastinate"},"content":{"rendered":"

I haven’t done it yet, but I should. Estate planning.<\/p>\n

I don’t have a mansion, financial empire or lots of cool stuff for people to inherit. But, I do want to spare relatives and friends big hassles when the inevitable happens. I read an article in the New York Times (as usual \ud83d\ude42 ) and it got me thinking.<\/p>\n

Click the link below for the article:<\/p>\n

There\u2019s More to Estate Planning Than Just the Will<\/a><\/p>\n

Here’s a checklist of some of the things from the above article that every adult should have, especially seniors:<\/p>\n

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  1. Make a will or living trust (Use a lawyer)<\/li>\n
  2. Complete health care directives, e.g. a living will also sometimes called an advance directive and a health care power of attorney<\/li>\n
  3. Power of attorney for someone to take care of your finances<\/li>\n
  4. Compile lists of passwords to online accounts for everything<\/li>\n
  5. Old tax documents<\/li>\n
  6. Lists of school and employment history<\/li>\n
  7. Lists of previous addresses<\/li>\n
  8. Your medical history<\/li>\n
  9. List companies and services that direct debit your bank account or charge your credit cards<\/li>\n
  10. List all insurance polices<\/li>\n
  11. Write down everything about your house, how e.g. how the sprinkler timer, lawn mower, etc. works, where keys are located.<\/li>\n
  12. Write letters to those close to you.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Wow! It seems impossible but there is a good way to get started. There is a free book<\/a> you can download that discusses \u00a0all of the information that\u00a0every senior should have stored in a safe place. Appropriately it is called<\/p>\n

    The Big Book of Everything<\/a><\/p>\n

    Make sure to download the Excel spreadsheet<\/a>. It has a place for you to put all your important information. I can’t wait to get started on my Book of Everything.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I haven’t done it yet, but I should. Estate planning. I don’t have a mansion, financial empire or lots of cool stuff for people to inherit. But, I do want to spare relatives and friends big hassles when the inevitable happens. I read an article in the New York Times (as usual \ud83d\ude42 ) and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[28,27,298],"class_list":["post-375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-estate-planning","tag-bok-spreadsheet","tag-book-of-everything","tag-estate-planning","czr-hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/plinylives.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/plinylives.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/plinylives.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plinylives.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plinylives.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=375"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/plinylives.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":383,"href":"https:\/\/plinylives.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375\/revisions\/383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/plinylives.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plinylives.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plinylives.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}