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The first 72 hours.

Write it down before someone else has to guess.

The funeral home will ask. The bank will ask. The hospital will ask who can sign. End of Life Planning Guide publishes the workbooks that hold those answers in one file your family can find.

Where are you standing?

Three wooden chair backs against a wall lit by two windows in late afternoon.

The 72-Hour File, $37

The file they will look for in the first two weeks.

Twelve sections. Each one is a short set of questions and a place to write the answer down. Twenty-eight pages, US Letter, in four editions.

Page 6 of the 72-Hour File, the accounts map: every account by institution and type, no numbers.
Page 6 of 28. Every account by institution and type. No numbers.
01Personal and household facts
02People to contact
03Advance directive and healthcare proxy
04Power of attorney
05Will, trust, and where the originals live
06Bank, retirement, and investment accounts
07Insurance
08Property and titles
09Recurring bills and subscriptions
10Digital life and passwords
11Funeral, burial, or cremation wishes
12Letters and instructions

Most sections take fifteen minutes. Skip what does not apply and come back.

01

Buy once. Download it.

A PDF you fill in by hand or on screen. No account. No subscription.

02

Work one section at a time.

Most sections take fifteen minutes. Skip what does not apply and come back.

03

Tell two people where it lives.

Two, not one. The one person you told may be in the car with you.

The work is not complicated. Postponing is how the decisions get made for you.

Get the 72-Hour File, $37

Organization and education, not legal or funeral advice. Rules differ by state and by property.