Will I, Won’t I

The inevitable has happened. One of the students I work directly with has a COVID exposure. The student is getting an early winter break. Luckily, no one else seems to be effected. That’s quite close enough for me, though.

Back in March, I briefly thought about whether I should update my will, considering that I am an essential worker. My husband convinced me not to panic about it. Our estate is pretty basic. We own a home, two cars, and our retirement savings. On the other hand, his father died without a will. His mother had to fight in court for two years, to be recognized as still owning their house. You would be amazed how many times those court officials asked us if we wanted to grab the property out from under her.

In addition, those are not my only assets. I should also think about what I want to happen with my books and associated material, once I am gone. I have drafts, notes and reference materials. Do I want to saddle my family with maintaining my web sites, blogs, and so forth?

It isn’t as if I’m a best-seller with a fan base that would continue buying my books if I wasn’t promoting them. My gut says to just take it all down. So that’s going to be #1 of my New Years Resolutions. Talk to my family about what I want, make sure to collect the login information in one place, and get that put into writing.

I need to update my will in 2021.

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