It’s another new year. So how did I do with my 2024 New Year’s resolutions? Well, let’s just say that I’m carrying most of them forward to 2025.
My resolution for 2024 was to review and update my estate paperwork. This consisted of multiple parts:
- Update my advanced medical directive/living will
- Update my medical power of attorney
- Update my VA advanced medical directive
- Submit my updated advanced medical directive/living will to my healthcare system (specifically to the hospital ER I use when injured)
- Update my will
- Review the beneficiaries on my investment accounts and update as necessary
- Make sure my designated executor knows where to find my updated estate paperwork
In all honesty, I didn’t get very far with these tasks in 2024. After a couple of false starts, the legal paperwork remains un-updated. The only one of these objectives I accomplished in 2024 was to review and update the beneficiaries on my investment accounts. One of seven objectives accomplished. So I’m rolling the rest of these over into 2025.
I have no new resolutions for 2025. I’m just gonna keep working on last year’s. Leftover resolutions, if you will. These are important, so I’m just going to keep working on them until they’re done.
You and me both, Crew Dog. I got my own will and medical directives done last year, not because I expect to have issues soon but because doing things “just in case” has saved my butt more times than I can ever remember. Same reason I’m so meticulous about finance, too; I like knowing I have things set up to benefit me for the most common life curveballs, just in case. 🙂 Godspeed on checking these off your list!
Thanks, Darcy!
Well done getting your estate paperwork done last year!
I was listening to a podcast today that recommended reviewing estate paperwork every 3-5 years. I…have definitely not done that. Maybe I should ask Purple to publicly call me out until I get it done. 😀