Estate planning has this eerie ability to make even the most responsible adult suddenly want to crawl under a blanket and pretend the future isn’t happening. The moment someone mentions wills, executors, or power of attorney, your brain fires off alarms you didn’t even know you had. It’s like the ultimate grown-up test: plan for events you don’t want to imagine, make decisions you don’t want to make, and somehow act calm about it all. And yet, everyone insists it’s important—as if organizing your own eventual absence should feel as casual as organizing a sock drawer.
If you’ve ever felt personally victimized by the phrase “end-of-life documents,” trust me, you are not the only one.
