Sorry, I’m dead..

29 Oct 2025 · 1 min

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In this excerpt, Jerry Taylor urges viewers to create a dedicated posthumous letter that lists all financial, digital, and personal access information—bank and investment accounts, credit cards, insurance policies, master passwords, phone and computer access, and social media credentials. He emphasizes that this letter can be more crucial than a will or trust because it provides immediate, actionable access for survivors, avoiding weeks of effort that typically arise when such details are omitted from standard estate planning documents. Taylor stresses the seriousness and urgency of preparing this letter to ease the burden on loved ones after death.

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I'm sorry I died on you letter. Start the letter out like this: If you're reading this, I must be dead. Sorry about that. I'm very serious about this. It's maybe more important than your will or your trust. This letter is where you should list out all of your financial accounts, your bank accounts, credit cards, investment accounts, insurance policies, how to get into your computer, how to get into your phone, master password account, social media accounts. This will save the people you leave behind a ton of work in your estate planning documents Typically do not include this information. I provide immediate access into all these areas that would otherwise take weeks to put together. So do it.