Summary: Here’s an awkward question: Do you have end-of-life plans? Most people avoid thinking about life after they pass to avoid having difficult conversations or getting overwhelmed by the logistics.<br> But you wouldn’t want to leave your loved ones with a lifetime of belongings and information to sort through, so how can you unburden your family members before it’s too late?<br> In this episode, Jonathan Braddock (<a href="https://twitter.com/jonbraddock" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@jonbraddock</a>), author of <a href="http://a.co/fJ5LLNQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click Here When I Die,</a> will help you thoughtfully prepare for your own passing.<br> <br> <a href="http://a.co/fJ5LLNQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a>Get Jonathan’s book <a href="http://a.co/fJ5LLNQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Click Here When I Die</a> on Amazon.<br> Learn more at <a href="http://mylifeandwishes.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">MyLifeAndWishes.com</a>.<br> <br> Why did Jonathan Braddock decide to write a book on end of life plans? <br> It was four years ago, a beautiful Monday morning. My wife and I were actually playing golf and on the fourth hole, when her cellphone started ringing. We found out that Michelle’s father had just passed away at home on the bedroom floor. Naturally, we left the balls where they lay and headed home.<br> My father-in-law, Ted was still on his bedroom floor when we arrived, the police obviously were there, the paramedics were there and you’re in a state of total shock and it was the first time I had experienced this or my wife with a close family member.<br> <br> The questions started to flow. Such as, what funeral home should we take them to? We don’t know, there are several in town and we’re forced into making decisions from that point forward.<br> Within 24 hours, we’re sitting at a funeral home, getting marching orders from the funeral director, obituaries have to be written. Is it going to be cremation or a burial? Is it going to be a religious or a traditional ceremony?<br> What about flowers? How many papers should we put the obituaries in, what places has he lived throughout his life that we might want to put an obituary in and on and on. Such a completely overwhelming and stressful time and trying to think through and come up with all the answers and hope that we’re doing what my father in law would have wanted.<br> Because you see, he never really ever had the conversation with his daughter, my wife, with his own wife as to what happens when he leaves. To flash forward to the end of that story, it took us an excess of 10 months to locate everything, close out all the details of his life.<br> <br> During that process, it occurred to me that if something were to happen to Michelle and me, our children would have no clue.<br> They would have no idea where to locate documents, where we bank, what kind of accounts we have, proof of ownership.<br> <br> Do we have life insurance, do my children just going through college really understand what life insurance is really all about even, how are they going to locate it? They don’t know who our attorney is or accountant.<br> Much less, are they going to be able to log in to my technology, close down everything that’s setup on auto pay or recurring payments, try and figure out the two newspapers that I read every day which aren’t delivered to the driveway, they’re delivered to my iPad.<br> Facebook, LinkedIn, Amazon Prime, Netflix, there’s going to be a stinking mess on the front porch if they don’t stop the subscription to the Blue Apron account because meals will continue to stack up.<br> I thought, “Something has to be done” and as I talked with people, going through this process and explaining what we were going through, everyone wanted to share their stories with me.<br> They said “jeez, when my mom passed” or “when I lost my brother̷...
