Tuesday 01/28/2025
Started out with a proper walk, which I couldn’t take yesterday owing to having to support the drama group. Then got in the car, did a couple of minor errands, and drove to FOPAL where there were now 6 boxes of donations (there had been 3 when I left on Saturday). I spent three hours processing them and generally organizing shit.
Back home, had a good session practicing guitar. I was lounging in our lounge while my room was being cleaned when Joanne walked by. She was on the way to see my neighbor Edie, who she was advising on how to organize your estate and your affairs, so as to give minimum trouble to your estate manager or fiduciary, “after you croak” as she put it, to my surprise. She showed me some of her organizing lists and I had to confess that, although I’m pretty sure all the info she mentioned is somewhere in my effects, it isn’t as neatly organized and accessible as she recommends.
So now I have some organizing to do, to try to live up to Joanne’s standard. It’s been at least 4 years since I reviewed my estate documents anyway. Which is ironic because in my very own book, I wrote…
The final benefit that you can gain from an honest understanding of death is the motivation to put your own financial and legal affairs in order. When you do that, you prepare a deeply thoughtful gift for your survivors, and they will appreciate it…
After detailing all the various ways you can put your affairs in order, I add,
…the circumstances of life keep changing. Within a year or two, some of your documents will be out of date. … So you need to schedule an annual return visit to the state your affairs. (Perhaps you should make a ritual of it?)
And this completely coincidental encounter with Joanne reminded me that it’s past time to do that.
Codgerville 