I am well aware I'm not getting any older

I have already started the end of life documentation and legal matters for when I pass. My objective is to provide as little obligations to my kids as possible in the way of deciding what to be done with me, organ donation, etc. I have a book that is basically a life journal that is titled, "I'm Dead. Now What?" It will be a gift to my family to help them deal with my end of life and on.

Listening to a podcast today, the host is interviewing a person who collects donated organs. She only saw the front end and never the back end of lives saved. She is dealing with a great deal of trauma and PTSD from various cases and situations, some truly the worse of humanity.

So i am adding to my end of life documentation my health history and what organs I want donated and my understanding of how they will be used. Not all organs are used to save lives. Some are used to educate and experiment on. You need to be aware of that if you are a donor.

I am also adding that my family thank the person who is there to harvest my organs because they deal with far more than any of us can imagine and deserve respect and kindness.

By providing my family with a detailed end of life process I want, I allow them to simply hand a document to the person doing the harvesting instead of fightngany emotions and answering diffcult questions because I made the choice to donate.

Please do the same. The loss of a loved one is hard. If we can make it easier while we are still here, we should take those steps.

exexec · 70-79, C

Great post! I have been getting things ready for my death, also. I am currently thinning my library and files so they won't have so much to deal with. I should do the same thing with my garage, but I think I'll let them just get a dumpster and load it after I'm gone.

Jenny1234 · 56-60, F

I’ve been a registered organ donor for about twenty years now. I update my Will and Poa’s as needed. I am going to pre-pay/plan for my funeral expenses like my parents did .

FoxyQueen · 51-55, F

@Jenny1234 I've been an organ donor since I got my driver's license at 18. I just didn't realize if you don't have it documented what organs you want harvested and how you want them used before you die, your family has to deal with making those hard decisions for you, often hours after you die, which means while grieving. That seems unfair to me to put my family through a potentially hour long interview about my dead body when they are still dealing with the loss.