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Getting Started

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The first steps to coming up with a plan can be overwhelming. Just remember, start small[1] and build up over time. Just a single paper helping is better than nothing. A single letter of affection could make the difference of a broken heart and rekindled resolve.

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If you are lost, start with something you can do in ten minutes (and maybe a quick trip to the grocery store):

Set up a password manager

Find a large envelope you can seal

Write down how to get into your passwords including one-time passwords
Put it into the envelope and seal it
Write “In Case of Death or Incapacitation” on the front
Put it somewhere safe

Let someone know

Every once in a while, you want to expand on the details beyond just the passwords:

If you have an idea that someone needs, write it down

Review what you write on occasion and expand on it

While you are doing this, you want to figure out who can you can trust to do things:

Figure out who you can trust to help

Figure out who can help your trusted folk

Find someone to take care of your children and pets

Select someone to handle financial information

Write letters and thank them, put it in your file

Let them know what you are doing

Write up notices and post them various places

There is also a knot of legal tasks you want to get done. Thankfully, these don't require much effort once they are done, but you'll still want to review them occasion.

Get a will

Figure out your powers of attorneys

Find a way of handling incapacitation

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