What Matters Most: The Get Your Shit Together Guide to Wills, Money, Insurance, and Life's "What-ifs"

A practical look at putting your life together written by the founder of the internationally celebrated website Get Your Shit Together and informed by the author’s personal experience after her husband was killed in a biking accident. Part memoir, part hard-working how-to guidebook, What Matters Most inspires readers to get their ‘affairs in order’ before the unthinkable (or inevitable) happens.

On July 17, 2009, Chanel Reynolds’s husband, José, was sideswiped by a van while cycling near their home in Seattle. In the aftermath of her husband’s sudden death, Reynolds quickly realized that she was left bewildered and underprepared for what happens next. What was the password to his phone? Did they sign their wills? How much insurance did they have? Could she afford the house? And what the hell was probate court anyway? Simply put, when life went sideways she didn’t have her shit together.

As it turns out, most of us don’t either. We’re too busy, in denial, overwhelmed, don’t know where to start. We procrastinate or outright avoid having these difficult yet critical conversations.

Reynolds learned the hard way that hoping for the best is not a plan, but you don’t have to. Drawing on her first-hand experience, expert advice, and the unparalleled resources she’s compiled from her popular website and checklists, Reynolds lends her, friendly, human voice to help readers navigate and avoid much of confusion, overwhelm, and uncertainty when ‘something happens’ and learn how to:

• Create a will, living will, and power of attorney documents

• Update (or finally get) the right life insurance policy

• Start or grow an emergency fund and prioritize your spending

• Make a watertight emergency and ‘What-If’ plan

• Keep secure, up-to-date records of personal information

Authoritative yet intimate, grounded but irreverent, Reynolds’s voice carries readers through a tough subject with candor and compassion. Weaving personal story with hard-won wisdom, What Matters Most is the approachable, no-nonsense handbook we all need to living a life free of worry and “what ifs.”

A practical look at putting your life
together written by the founder of the internationally celebrated website Get
Your Shit Together and informed by the authors personal experience after her
husband was killed in a biking accident. Part memoir, part hard-working
how-to guidebook, What Matters Most inspires readers to get their affairs in order
before the unthinkable (or inevitable) happens.

On July 17, 2009, Chanel
Reynoldss husband, Jos, was sideswiped by a van while cycling near their home
in Seattle. In the aftermath of her husbands sudden death, Reynolds quickly
realized that she was left bewildered and underprepared for what happens next.
What was the password to his phone? Did they sign their wills? How much
insurance did they have? Could she afford the house? And what the hell was
probate court anyway? Simply put, when life went sideways she didnt have her
shit together.
As it turns out, most of us
dont either. Were too busy, in denial, overwhelmed, dont know where to
start. We procrastinate or outright avoid having these difficult yet critical
conversations.
Reynolds learned the hard way
that hoping for the best is not a plan, but you dont have to. Drawing on her
first-hand experience, expert advice, and the unparalleled resources shes
compiled from her popular website and checklists, Reynolds lends her,
friendly, human voice to help readers navigate and avoid much of confusion,
overwhelm, and uncertainty when something happens and learn how to:
Create a will, living will,
and power of attorney documents

Update (or finally get) the
right life insurance policy

Start or grow an emergency
fund and prioritize your spending

Make a watertight emergency
and What-If plan

Keep secure, up-to-date
records of personal information
Authoritative yet intimate,
grounded but irreverent, Reynoldss voice carries readers through a tough
subject with candor and compassion. Weaving personal story with hard-won
wisdom, What Matters Most is the approachable, no-nonsense handbook we
all need to living a life free of worry and what ifs.

• | Author: Chanel Reynolds
• | Publisher: HarperCollins
• | Publication Date: Jan 05, 2021
• | Number of Pages:
• | Language: eng
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780062689443
• | ISBN-10: 0062689444