Your passport may get caught up in a backlog if you don’t jump on this sooner rather than later. Here is a Best Practice, renew your passport early if it expires between now and 2018. There are over 49 million of passports expiring in the next three years and it may take up to six weeks to get through the process for a renewal. As…
CONTINUE READING >I used to have an online auto backup service to back up my personal computer for a monthly fee. I decided to pick this up from Costco, in fact I picked up two. One for odd numbered days and one for even number days. I keep one in my office desk and take one offsite each day so in the event my personal computer crashes…
CONTINUE READING >Fireproof Safe One of the best places to keep some important documents is in a Fireproof Safe at your home as this location will be accessible at all times by you versus keeping them in a Safe Deposit Box at your bank. In some instances such as non-business hours or in the event of the death of one of the Safe Deposit Box owners the…
CONTINUE READING >Evernote, Keep track of everything I found this site after reading a Wall Street Journal article. As I read the article it became clear to me to use this site as my personal “well –organized, searchable, private digital repository, all the notes you create, clips from Web pages,…. emails and more.” I keep notes and rip out pages of articles I like from magazines on topics…
CONTINUE READING >Health Care Directive is a Living Will and Health Care Agent Next on my list after knocking down the Will was to appoint people for my care in the event I am incapacitated and not able to make health care decisions for myself. I read articles online and found some comments that I thought reflected my opinion of how I would like to be treated…
CONTINUE READING >Steps I’m taking to get organized….part 2. The first place to start with organizing our life and documents was to get caught up with a Final Will and Testament. We had one when the kids were first born but had not updated since then. Things have changed in the last 30 years! Wills dispose of property owned at death, designates executors, trustees and guardians. These…
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