We all must die, no exceptions. So, it’s amazing that so few of us actually protect our loved ones with wills.
Perhaps the problem is that the siren call of procrastination sounds so clearly and seductively when it comes to delaying that evil day when we have to actually sit down, consider our mortality, and make a will. But sit down we must.
If you need help stirring yourself (or someone else you care about) into action, have a look at our list of “I don’t have a will because…” excuses. And our thoughts on why none of them hold any water.
“All that lives must die, passing through nature to eternity.” (William Shakespeare, in Hamlet)
Master’s Office records suggest that less than a third of us leave behind a will when we die. That’s astonishing, given the fact that death is one of the few absolute certainties in our lives.
Why do so many of us put our families at risk like this?
“I don’t have a will because…”
It’s easy to find excuses for doing nothing about a will, with surveys conducted both locally and overseas suggesting that people’s failure to act is normally rooted in one or more of these common excuses:
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