Dying Alone: What Can Happen & The Hermit Millionaire

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5. Interesting.

I am constantly after people I know to make a will. It makes things a lot easier, and as others have already indicated, some other things, like signing various paperwork assigning a beneficiary to various accounts, can make things easier still.

I've had people, especially single people, say, "I don't care what happens to my stuff after I die," blissfully unaware that dealing with that stuff will be a lot of work for someone. Perhaps one of the life skills things that ought to be taught in high school should be a unit on dealing with a death and probate and settling an estate.

I do agree with sentiment “Every time I hear about somebody that has millions and millions but they lived a frugal life, I go, ‘Why? Have some fun’ ”. I certainly don't have millions, but I have some extra money and I'm trying to figure out how best to spend it. I want to take some trips, probably a cruise or two, experiential stuff. I don't intend to die broke, but I want to enjoy at least some of what I have.