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Thank you so much for posting this! As an administratrix, the digital estate learning curve has been steep--not only for me! I really appreciate your post.

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A bit of a downbeat post, but useful in recognising the needs of our digital age. So some things to consider. In fact, this subject of digital legacy was briefly mentioned in a webinar I recently watched. Is this a trending topic? Thanks for sharing this, Jon.

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It is a bit! I think its a good idea to consolidate things. When my Dad passed there were a number of paper folders in a cupboard in his office. Nowadays there's 100's of folders in Dropbox, OneDrive, Evernote, Google Drive... I have a funny feeling things used to be much simpler :)

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Thanks for this. I'm in my 70's and not exactly in the best of health so this sort of thing is on my mind. There's a lot of history (and rubbish) stored in my Evernote and don't want the good bits to go to waste. I also have personal medical and financial stuff that I *don't* want online, therefore it can't go into Evernote. I use a locally saved (and well backed up) third party app called Rightnote which has tags and nested folders, markdown support, rich formatting options, cross-platform syncing, attachment capabilities, and collaboration features to run one database - my "Executor Cheat Sheets" folder with details of passwords, bank accounts, doctors, insurances etc. (I've had to sort out a couple of estates for other people so I know what a pain it is to make sure you have everything and know who to contact!)

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I'm of the age where things can start to happen so very much want to simplify things. We go through password-gymnastics ourselves, want it to be simple for my kids.

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I’ve just done the same and have written them a letter called (tounge in cheek ) “keys to the castle” as a getting started primer. There was a great temptation to start it “if you’re reading this letter I’m probably dead” but resisted! I also wrote a blog post on this wider topic too: https://www.neilthompson.co.uk/2023/07/29/securing-my-digital-future/

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Yeah, Been thinking something similar. My Dad, who was very practical, left an A4 sheet of paper which started, "OK, things you need to do". Then a bullet point list! Marked the blog post to read later.

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