Tag: will writing

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Writing a Will Part 1: Where to Start?

By The Abhayaratna... on Tue, 18 Oct, 2016 - 09:33

Writing a Will Part 1: Where to Start?

By The Abhayaratna... on Tue, 18 Oct, 2016 - 09:33

I download the Will Planner on our website, print it off, and rummage around in drawers for a pen that works. First up – figuring out what I have to give. Flat, meagre savings, car, my grandmother’s jewellery and my pension – seems fairly straightforward. Other things to consider are stocks and shares, insurance and any valuable items.
Then comes the less pleasant part - figuring out what I owe. Thankfully I realise I don’t owe much....

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Writing a Will: The Time is Now

By The Abhayaratna... on Wed, 12 Oct, 2016 - 15:25

Writing a Will: The Time is Now

By The Abhayaratna... on Wed, 12 Oct, 2016 - 15:25

But I’m only 29. I don’t have anything that amounts to much value. I can put it off another few years.

It’s easy to put off writing a will. I’m sure I’m not the only one who has some resistance to doing it, and many excuses to back my case.

And then last week my great uncle died. A friend of mine attended the funeral of a family member younger than she is. While reading about Keats I learnt he died at only 25...