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20 less-considered questions to ask yourself about death
Grant Leibbrandt • March 7, 2022
After getting life insurance, wills, and so on, we tend to stop thinking about the implications of dying.
- Have you thought of people who would be emotionally affected and your duty to them?
- Even if your affairs are in order and you have fulfilled your financial duty with life insurance, wills etc.? How much of a burden will it be to find important documents or get in touch with your lawyer?
- Do people know who you want to tell if you were to die? Will they easily be informed?
- In such an eventuality, have you communicated the people you would want to ensure are sensitively and personally informed?
- Are there things you would like to say to specific people, and if you have written them down, could they be misplaced and lost?
- Have you considered that by the time wills are read, there is the chance your family will be burdened by attempting to guess what you would want when you can now easily convey it in a timeous manner shortly after you pass away?
- Have you got passwords and logins people should know, where are they and have you nominated trusted contacts to handle your digital legacy efficiently?
- If you have one, can your preference for an executor easily be found?
- Have you thought of how you would like your life to be celebrated?
- Do you have preferred music to be played, and if it’s a musician, will they be easily contacted?
- Have you filmed something to be played at your ceremony, where is it?
- Is there anything you would like to say to the people in your life?
- Do you have a cause close to your heart that you would like people to donate to in your memory?
- Do you have preferences for less significant items, like surfboards, you would like certain people to have?
- Do you have pets? What should happen to them?
- Are there life events you may miss out on and want to leave a message if you are not there to celebrate them?
- Are there pictures or stories that would tell a story about you?
- Are there people in your phone book who are not relevant to you personally?
- Have you thought of who, outside of those closest to you, could help in such circumstances?
- Is there someone you would like to say a eulogy about you, can they be easily contacted?
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