Mortality is a fact of life - we are born, we live and we die. My father in law just passed away.
When family dies it makes me think about my own mortality.
I woke up very early from a dream earlier this week. In the dream, my sister said her son had just won the lottery but it was quickly stolen. For some reason I couldn’t go back to sleep. I laid in bed for about an hour making mental list of all the things I wanted/needed to do. I got up on the edge of the bed in the dark and proceeded to enter them all into my to-do list on my phone. At then end of it all, I set priorities and due dates for everything, putting off things that can wait. The process was freeing.
Who would do these things if I was to pass away? Would they still be important to anyone else? How much of what I do is because I'm able and willing, or is it I'm too cheap or too much a pack rat or.....
One of the questions I asked myself was "How much money would I be willing to spend to keep my kids alive? That was after I heard Dave Ramsey ask the question of a caller on his radio show. Without health insurance I would be probably go way in debt if there was some catastrophic event requiring hospitalization or surgery for any of them. I have three kids without health insurance. My highest priority is to provide them all health insurance, until such time as they have the means to get it on their own. This also will encourage me to help them get to that self insurability as soon as possible, right?
I'm knocking things off the list steadily. The AC is working a bit better, the sprinklers zones that were out are coming on again. I've ordered some parts for the car I'm selling. Work seemed to be on track until this morning when I found out the news of my father-in-law. The priorities change, new things get added, others fall off the list.
It reminds me of the movie "The Bucket List." If you haven't seen it go see it. A great movie.
What do I want to leave as a legacy?
What do I want to do before I die?
