We know you’re thinking one of two things: 1) but I don’t have an estate and/or 2) that’s not at all how I want to spend my weekend.
Our planned and canned responses to this negativism are 1) good, solid estates are planned, not accidental, and they don’t happen overnight, and 2) us either, but once we got it out of the way, we felt kinda proud of ourselves for a few minutes, before a deep-seated worry about lack of future funds set in. Then we started freaking over when we were going to die, which served as a temporary distraction. Within a few days everything was pretty much back to normal, except for the new nagging dread that something’s going to go drastically wrong. But with that dread comes a smidgeon of inner peace, because at least we’ve done our part to try to keep our assets covered. You’ll enjoy that; inner peace smidgeons are scarce these days.
Besides, it’s not that much like homework. There’s also a CD-ROM for those of you too lazy to read the book. Gather your loved ones around you. Make some popcorn, watch the CD and learn how to protect each other as your lifespans rapidly dwindle. Then fill in the (free!) blank forms, witness each other’s signatures and you’ve got yourself an estate in the works. You’d be surprised at how heartwarming that prospect can be.
