User blog:Taldin/Things to Do...

This one is for all of you who aren't single, who have a family, or who have had some measure of success in life in having people who give a care about you.

If you've got someone who depends on you for support,  make sure you've got a backup plan.

If you're the one in charge of the money, make sure you teach your partner how to handle the finances if you aren't around to do them.

And you're never too young to set up a will, and power of attorney.

No matter how successful or caring you've been, if you've got people that matter in your life, you will hand them a world's worth of irresponsibility nightmare if you don't put some legal stuff into place. I'm finding this out firsthand right now since my father hasn't left any clear instructions for the disposition of his finances, Mom may lose the house before the courts will give her anything, because her name isn't on Dad's retirement account.

So yeah. I have people in my life that I care about and I'm taking care of. They need to be set up if anything happens to me, and I will be doing that when I get back.

I may wind up deleting this later, but for now, I definitely want people to think ahead, not for themselves, but for others whose lives they affect.