I can think of more excuses for not getting our affairs in order. I was a big procrastinator myself, but once I got started with the help of The What if … Workbook© it came together easily. The What if … Workbook© is an easy to use guide leading you through each step and in the end once completed it provides your loved ones with the necessary information should anything happen to you. If you think of it as a process, it won’t seem so daunting. It takes time to gather the legal documents and personal information, then sorting through it, reviewing it and then assembling it. Think of each step as separate task taking it one at a time.
The workbook is also a great tool simply for opening communication among family members. Sometimes either the parent or the child ‘just doesn’t want to go there’. Reviewing the workbook together gives loved ones the chance to begin the discussion concerning these very important issues. It is of the utmost importance that singles fill out the workbook; so that a family member or friend will have knowledge of their affairs should a sickness or anything unexpected happen.
Local author, Gwen Morgan, creator of the What if …Workbook©, has been involved with the elderly and hospice for a number of years, thus seeing the importance of being organized about personal affairs. She has personally experienced the positive and negative effects of good or bad planning. Gwen currently brings people in her area together in small groups for a series of 3 meetings to discuss the book. Knowing that a book of this sort can lay in ‘the pile’ on many desks and bookshelves, she holds her participants accountable for completing the book during their time together. Visit her website www.whatifworkbook.com to learn more on upcoming events, and purchase the workbook.
