This morning I sit here typing this a little numb in the feels. You see last night I prepared my Last Will & Testament. The funny thing is I have prepared a Will before many times when I was younger and in the military. However, I never gave it much thought. Back then I was young and invincible and could kick ass no matter what the world threw at me.
Oh, how things have changed. Now I am much older and faced with health challenges. There is also the maturity and realization that we all die eventually. My big guerilla ass will be no exception, no matter how stubborn I am, death will have its way eventually.
It was weird to work on my own Will and talk through what would happen upon my death, but I worked through it. PLanning out who would get what and contingencies for certain scenerios.
Why I put this off for so long I think is because of the dark place my mind is always in. Avoiding it was a way to avoid more dark thought, or so was the way of my thinking.
The truth is, that it has been a relief. Not sure if I would feel this way if I hadn't been making the recent lifestyle adjustments, but, I think I would have. It is a laod off knowing my wife will be taken care of in my absence and my sons will as well if she is also gone.
Along with my Will, I also did a POA for financial and medical stuff. This will allow my wife, and in her adsence my oldest son, to make financial decisions if I am incapaciitated. It also list my medical wishes if I am incapacitated. This one was pretty easy for me and didn't require as much thought.
Appreciate @bozz for posting about this not long ago and putting it back on my radar.
Anyway, it is raining out again this morning so my outdoor walk is out. But I do have a walking pad and plan to use it later. No need to let the Grim Reaper in too soon.
Hope ya have a good week so far.
Thanks for reading,
Joe
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I am nto sure about the law there, but it is not very common for the people here to make a will, as usually things willl just go to the kids.
hope eveything will gpo ok for you and the family.
The law varies from state to state. Everything should be fine, just making preparations for the future.
Hey, no problem. I know how you feel. It is very humbling to put all of that down, but I also feel better knowing that it is taken care of now. My wife and I talked about it for a long time and just kept putting it off.
YEs, I feel much better now. I still need to put together a folder with all of the contact points and paperwork and place it in the safe.
We gave a digital copy to my brother in law. Then we also have a copy in our safe and I have a digital copy on some secure storage that I own in the cloud.
Thats a good idea. I plan to give a copy to each of my sons, plus one in the safe.
It's actually a caring thing to do, making things less complicated when you do inevitably pass, though I hope you get to enjoy life the way you're enjoying it now a little longer.
ME TOO!
This is definitely something I need to spend more time on. Thanks for the reminder of the reminder.
What was the hardest part for you?
It wasn't very hard. All assets go the wife. If she is not around they are split down the middle between my two sons. Heirlooms, which I honestly dont have many of value, are identified with respctive son to receive them. Thinking again, contrary to what I said in the post, the hardest part was the medical part of the POA and determining whether I wanted my body to be donated to science or not. I chose yes as I have several health challenges that are quite rare to have together. I would hope through the study of my body they could help people in the future. I was initial apprehensive about it, but my son has been through medical training as a Chiropractor and worked with cadavars. He assured me that they are treated with the utmost respect.