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Re: Get Your Shit Together

#151

Post by benmanns » Wed, May 20, 2015, 12:04 PM UTC

beat wrote: post #143

A little over a week ago, I had a Branch Vein Retinal Occlusion - basically, a stroke in my retina. I cannot read with my right eye now, and that may or may not heal. This makes me think, a lot. First, it could have been an inch back in my head, and I might not be here to talk about it at all. Or I could be hospitalized for an extended time, or a vegetable, or permanently unable to work. Second, there's about a one i…

What happens to your wife if instead of killing you, the stroke leaves you disabled, unable to work, and needing full-time care?

Re: Get Your Shit Together

#152

Post by beat » Wed, May 20, 2015, 12:54 PM UTC

benmanns wrote: post #151

beat wrote: post #143

A little over a week ago, I had a Branch Vein Retinal Occlusion - basically, a stroke in my retina. I cannot read with my right eye now, and that may or may not heal. This makes me think, a lot. First, it could have been an inch back in my head, and I might not be here to talk about it at all. Or I could be hospitalized for an extended time, or a vegetable, or permanently unable to work. Second, there's about a one i…

What happens to your wife if instead of killing you, the stroke leaves you disabled, unable to work, and needing full-time care?

I have long-term disability, and Social Security would kick in. Other than that...

Re: Get Your Shit Together

#153

Post by theRhino » Wed, May 20, 2015, 1:32 PM UTC

this is very good - sensible stuff, details will vary but this is a very useful start - everybody should do something along these lines, obviously tailored towards there own personal circumstances

Re: Get Your Shit Together

#154

Post by ujjwal_wadhawan » Wed, May 20, 2015, 1:37 PM UTC

With so many passwords, my will shall be a book. I use Lastpass and will prefer to give the master password :)

The thing that bothers me are the auto renew settings on my subscriptions. One (any probably only) way to stop them is to cancel the cards they are on. For e.g: Dropbox/ Amazon s3 will charge me for my hosted data for eternity.