{"title":"End of Life Planning","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eNobody can put this list together after the fact. The bank won't say which accounts exist, the phone in the drawer can't be opened, and somebody has to guess what you would have wanted. These are the two halves of getting your affairs in order — the short book that names the handful of things that would cause the biggest problems, and the 52-page planner where the answers get written down.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-ultimate-end-of-life-planner","title":"The Ultimate End of Life Planner","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe plan your family hopes exists — written down before they ever need it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen someone dies, the people who love them are handed a second job on the worst week of their lives: find the will, call the right people, close the accounts, and somehow guess what their parent or partner would have wanted. 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This one is two books in one — the part you fill in, and the part your family reads when they need it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e21 fill-in sections: people, documents, accounts, property, wishes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e20 pages written to your executor, not to you.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecords where things are — never passwords or account numbers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDistribute last, not first — the mistake that costs an executor.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA 15-year review log, so it's still true the day it's opened.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eQuestions people ask\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow do I start end-of-life planning?\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe easiest way to start end-of-life planning is to work from a single guided planner instead of a blank page — it turns an overwhelming subject into a short list of prompts. Begin with the essentials families scramble for most: where your important documents live, your accounts and insurance, your medical wishes, and who to contact. You don't have to finish in one sitting; filling in a few pages at a time is what makes it far less stressful than trying to hold it all in your head.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat is an end of life planner?\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIt's a guided organizer that gathers, in one place, everything your family would need to find and settle after you're gone — your key people, where your documents live, your accounts and property, and your medical and final wishes. 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