When I was at home at Christmas my Father impressed upon me the importance of having a will. So because I'm all grown up and have 'assets' I called a lawyer today and made an appointment to have a will drawn up when I'm home in February. Now that I have the appointment I'm actually starting to think about this a little.

Unfortunately for those who end up being my beneficiaries, if I kick it, you're gonna have to wait for a long time and a major stock market correction before you're gonna be filthy rich. That said with some patience (like another 20 years or so) you will end up filthy rich.

So now I'm starting to think about who those beneficiaries should be and the thoughts running through my mind are somewhat surprising. The more I think about it the more I realize that my parents certainly don't need any of my money. The only logical person that would demonstrate need (at the moment anyway) would be Sister.

Here's where the mental road block comes up. Sister is busy 'following her dreams' and while that's admirable I feel that she's thrown away way to many opportunities. So by naming her sole beneficiary would I be contributing to her general directionless state? Of course I'm not planning on having anyone to have to use this will anytime soon but I think that's the point of the will isn't it? So of course this leads me to thinking about leaving her money with conditions on it, which pretty much blows but seriously I think that's about the only alternative. I suppose the only condition that would make sense is that she could have the money upon retirement age or something. That's what it's intended to do for me so I see no reason why that would be unreasonable for her.

A friend I was talking to about this said she'd likely leave a lot to charity. While I currently give to a number of charities, I again come to the conclusion that there's not one charity I feel strongly enough about to leave anything significant to.

I guess the question that makes me twist my mind the most is who'd get my car. The logical choice would be Raph and Wifey but I shudder to think of what she'd do to the stereo!

So anyway this is a lot to ponder and I'm kind of glad that I'm doing it because it just feels like the right thing to do. I suppose I'll just do what my parents said they did and leave everything to the Poodle. That'll make Dad really happy.




Current mood: Contemplative
Current music: Dangerous - Akon Featuring Kardinal Offishall