GUIDE + WORKBOOK — FREE REVIEW EDITIONS
Learn it. Organize it. Leave less chaos.
For a limited review period, you can download both the Death Happens Guide and the 180-page fillable Workbook at no charge. The Guide explains the decisions; the Workbook captures the names, locations, roles, wishes, and next steps someone else may need.
WHAT YOU GET
THE GUIDE
• Plain-language explanations of the choices and tradeoffs
• Practical guidance across legal, financial, medical, digital, property, funeral, and survivor topics
• Checklists and a sensible process for getting started
THE WORKBOOK
• A 180-page fillable and printable PDF companion
• Structured pages for decisions, people, document locations, accounts, care, digital life, memorial wishes, survivor steps, and annual review
• Designed to use on a computer or print and complete by hand
WHY IT IS FREE RIGHT NOW
These are review editions. Feedback from friends, readers, and professionals will help shape the final published versions. You may download either file separately or get both.
KEEP THE MAP HERE. KEEP THE KEYS SOMEWHERE SAFER.
Never put passwords, PINs, recovery codes, seed phrases, private keys, full Social Security numbers, or safe combinations in the Workbook. Record where secure access instructions are stored instead.
Free review edition of the 180-page fillable and printable Death Happens Workbook. It gives you one practical place to record the information, wishes, locations, and instructions someone else may actually need.
• Record key people, professional contacts, legal authority, and who should be notified.
• Organize the locations of legal, financial, medical, insurance, property, and business records.
• Capture healthcare values, end-of-life wishes, funeral preferences, obituary details, and digital-legacy instructions.
• Track accounts, debts, recurring bills, devices, online services, and other practical responsibilities.
• Prepare survivor steps, annual reviews, personal messages, and the stories worth keeping.
• Complete it on a computer or print it and write by hand.
Keep passwords, PINs, recovery codes, private keys, full Social Security numbers, and safe combinations somewhere more secure; use the Workbook to record where the access instructions are stored. Available at no charge during the review period while reader and professional feedback helps shape the final edition.
Free review edition of The Death Happens Guide. This plain-language guide helps you understand the decisions, documents, and conversations that can spare the people you love from unnecessary confusion later.
• Understand legal authority, healthcare wishes, accounts, property, digital legacy, funeral planning, and survivor responsibilities.
• Know which documents matter, where they should be kept, and who needs access.
• Work through difficult choices with practical explanations instead of legal or medical jargon.
• Use checklists and a clear sequence so you can start without trying to solve everything at once.
• Pair it with the Workbook to turn what you learn into a usable plan.
Available at no charge during the review period while reader and professional feedback helps shape the final edition.
One system.
Two useful parts.
The Guide explains the decisions. The Workbook gives you one practical place to record the names, locations, wishes, and instructions someone else may need. Use either one on its own—or use them together to build a plan people can actually follow.
Learn
Understand the choices, documents, responsibilities, and tradeoffs.
Record
Capture the people, locations, wishes, accounts, and next steps.
Share
Tell the right people where the plan lives and how to use it.
Each part has a clear job.
Read the Guide for context. Use the Workbook to turn that understanding into an organized, usable record.

The Guide
Plain-language explanations of legal authority, healthcare wishes, money, property, digital legacy, funeral planning, and the responsibilities survivors may face.
See what is inside →
The Workbook
A 180-page fillable and printable companion for recording the names, wishes, locations, instructions, and survivor steps someone else may actually need.
Preview the Workbook →The practical details of a life, gathered with care.
Legal authority and document locations
Money, insurance, property, and business
Healthcare values and end-of-life wishes
Devices, online accounts, and digital legacy
Funeral, memorial, and obituary preferences
Survivor steps, annual reviews, and personal messages
Free while the work gets better.
These are review editions. Feedback from friends, readers, and professionals will help shape the final published versions. Download either file—or both—at no charge during this period.
Share your feedback →Keep the map here. Keep the keys somewhere safer.
Do not put passwords, PINs, recovery codes, seed phrases, private keys, full Social Security numbers, or safe combinations in the Workbook. Use it to record where secure access instructions are stored instead.
Make one hard day a little easier.
Choose the part you need now. Both review editions are free.