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The Last Will and Testament of Vikash Rajendra Kanani...
We updated our Wills* on Friday.
Whereas I’m the one normally asking the very personal questions.
On Friday, I was on the other side. Being asked to verbalise deaths big choices.
Because there is always a plan. A flow. A direction that things move in.
Even if you’ve not made the decision yourself. Things must go on.
With death, in the absence of a Will, it’s the laws of intestacy which prevail.
With life, in the absence of a plan, it’s the hamster wheel of societal conventions.
Work. Eat. Sleep. Repeat.
You may even get a nice holiday every now and again.
And the dream of a retirement.
Maybe.
Re-writing our Wills wasn’t pleasant. What if? Predecease? Guardianship? Cremated?
But it was empowering.
The outcomes were our choice.
They were intentional.
It was a strange mirror image. Wills are to death, what financial planning is to life.
It empowers.
It gives choice.
It signals intent.
We can continue on the default, factory settings.
Or face the short-term discomfort.
To carve out the life we want to live, and the legacy we wish to leave.
*The writing of a Will involves the referral to a service that is separate and distinct from those offered by St. James's Place. Wills are not regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
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