How to Take Your Estate Planning A Step Further

The end of life can be very hard to think about and plan for. Everyone wants to live a happy life, be remembered, and know they will be taken care of at the end of their life as they wish to be. Below are some tips and resources to take estate planning to the next level to make it easier and make sure all your needs are taken care of.

Talk about how you want to be remembered

Everyone wants to know their life made an impact on the world. Memorialization is a great way to do that. Memorialization can come in many different forms but one of the best ways is to have a conversation. In this conversation, you can talk to your loved ones about how you would like to be remembered, tell them stories, memories, lessons, etc. These talks can help loved ones know how much they mean to you, they can bring you comfort knowing nothing was left unsaid, and they can happen anytime and anywhere. Having the Talk of a Lifetime provides more information and help on how to start the talk with loved ones. The Conversation Project provides a variety of starter kits on topics like how to talk to your doctor, how to have a conversation with a family member, and other starter kits tailored specifically for different medical conditions and situations. Cake provides more guidance on death, grief, mortality, and other tools to help you learn about and prepare for the end of life.

Five wishes

Five Wishes is a great way to make sure your end-of-life wishes and needs are taken care of. Five Wishes is an easy-to-use legal advance directive document. Five Wishes helps adults document how they want to be cared for at the end of life. The first two wishes are legal and go over who you would like to make your health care decisions in the event you cannot make those decisions yourself. What makes Five Wishes special are Wishes 3, 4, and 5; These wishes address comfort care, how you would like to be treated, what you would like your loved ones to know, and final wishes. Like memorialization, Five Wishes can bring comfort knowing your wants and needs are taken care of how you would want them to be.

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PERMA

PERMA is a tool used in psychology that can help you increase your well-being and happiness by focusing on each element to be fully engaged with life. It is an acronym that represents five elements of happiness and well-being that are needed to help us prosper day-to-day. PERMA stands for Positive emotion, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, and Achievement. The five elements collectively contribute to well-being, and no one element is more important than the other. Utilizing PERMA can be beneficial to both you and your loved ones by helping you live a happy and fulfilling life with minimal regret.