What Matters Most

The founder of the popular website GetYourShitTogether.com helps get your affairs in order before the unthinkable happens in this invaluable guide that is part memoir and part hard-working how-to manual.
The unthinkable can happen to anyone. In the blink of a second, our lives can be utterly transformed. Chanel Reynolds knows this intimately. On July 17, 2009, her husband, José, was struck by a car while cycling. In the wake of her husband's untimely death, Reynolds quickly realized that she was completely unprepared for what came next. Burial or cremation? Did José sign his will? How much insurance did they have? Could she afford the house? What was the password to his phone? What is probate? When the unexpected happened, she didn't have her shit together.

But Chanel wasn't unusual. Most of us are unprepared for the "what ifs." We're too busy, or in denial, or overwhelmed by too much information, or uncertain where to start, or just uncomfortable having...