As a child I can remember going through the tunnel that connects East Boston with Boston holding my breath. Absurd behavior? Sure, but in my mind I was preparing for the time when the tunnel would run out of air.
A friend told me that as a child he taught himself to write with his left hand even though he was right handed. His reason was that he wanted to be sure he could write even if something happened to his right hand.
Emergency planning, disaster recovery these topics have been in the news a lot lately in the United States. Inadvertently I did it as a kid but it isnt a subject that as an adult I like to think about. In fact I avoid it!!
As an account executive at AT&T one of my responsibilities was to be sure my customers had disaster recovery plans. Everyone wants their telephone to work no matter what happens. And yet even so it wasnt something my clients wanted to address. Many thought the possibility too remote. Others had too many other projects on the table that they said took priority.
It is hard for an estate planning attorney to convince someone he or she needs a will. It is only when something happens in a persons life...