Goal Met: Make a will

So lots of the things I did this year were fun but this one.. I kept putting off. I think filling my 50th year with all this stuff might have been a way to distract myself from my own mortality. Isn’t that what a midlife crisis is? Some people get sports cars or boats I chose to do this.

However, I wanted to ensure that if something happened to me then all my affairs are in order. So I set about making a will, a living will, a trust, and ensuring that there’s no question of how I want my estate divided. When my brother died, there was so much confusion and legal hurdles and I wanted to ensure my wife has one less thing to worry about if the unthinkable happens.

It’s pretty simple actually – I won’t go into private estate details but one thing I wanted to ensure was my guitars went to my kids. The Taylor guitar for my daughter as like her it is bright and happy and my Martin guitar for my son as like him it’s loud and energetic.

I put all this stuff into a folder with an encrypted drive with all my passwords and all the printouts of the things that would be needed.

The actual process was pretty painless but the idea around it was a bit stressful but I’m glad it’s done.