Don’t Put Your Estate Planning on Hold

Rob forced his wife Eileen to go with him to get their estate planning done. Shortly thereafter, Rob was diagnosed with a terminal illness. Rob asked his brother to write about him after he died, informing people that they shouldn’t wait to take care of the important things in life.

Rob asked the question, “If you had only 46 days to live, what would you not want to do and not want to worry about?” Rob was very thankful that he and his wife took care of their affairs at a time when they were healthy and thinking clearly, and he thought that having to focus on death after being diagnosed would be unimaginable. He was thankful to not have to waste a minute of his life “having to do estate planning or worrying that I live long enough to get documents filed or whatever garbage comes with it.” He wanted his story shared so that others can enjoy their last days as he did his.

See Chuck Jaffe, 46 Days to Live: What’s Your Plan, MarketWatch, July 22, 2010.

Special thanks to Neda Jahansouz (attorney, Dallas, TX) and Jim Hillhouse (WealthCounsel) for bringing this article to my attention.