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The Readyness Team

We write about the paperwork side of real life: first homes, new babies, passports, parents and everything in between. Questions, facts and where things live, because "somewhere safe" isn't a filing system.

  1. The 7-Day Readyness Reset: one small step a day

    Seven days, seven small questions, no weekend lost to a filing project. A walk through the Readyness Reset, and what each day is really asking.

    2 min readBy The Readyness Team

  2. If your wallet disappeared tomorrow, could you list what was in it?

    A lost wallet is a bad afternoon. Not knowing what was in it makes it a bad week. A calm look at the list that turns one into the other.

    2 min readBy The Readyness Team

  3. Buying your first home? Here's the paperwork that comes with it

    A first home is a big yes, followed by a lot of "can you send us…". A look at the papers the process tends to ask for, and the ones that arrive after the keys.

    3 min readBy The Readyness Team

  4. Quick question: when does your passport expire?

    Not roughly. The actual date. Travel has a way of finding the gaps in our paperwork, usually a few days before the flight.

    2 min readBy The Readyness Team

  5. Do you know where your parents keep their important papers?

    Probably not your favorite conversation. A gentle way into it, and the questions that matter most when a parent starts to need a little more help.

    2 min readBy The Readyness Team

  6. What you own, owe and insure, on one page

    Could you list every account you hold, from memory? A money inventory is not a budget or a plan. It is just knowing what exists and where it lives.

    2 min readBy The Readyness Team

  7. Moving soon? Everyone who has your old address

    Changing your address means telling everyone you have ever given it to. Here is how to find them all, and what to keep within reach on moving day.

    2 min readBy The Readyness Team

  8. Could someone find your medications and allergies quickly?

    The health information you carry in your head is the information someone helping you would ask for first. A look at what it includes and where it could live.

    2 min readBy The Readyness Team

  9. A new baby, a new stack of paperwork

    Somewhere between the diapers and the 3 a.m. feeds, a new person starts collecting records of their own. A gentle look at what arrives, and where it might live.

    2 min readBy The Readyness Team

  10. Your digital life: accounts, devices and who could get into them

    Your life isn't only on paper anymore. Photos, accounts, subscriptions and the devices that hold them are part of what readiness means now.

    2 min readBy The Readyness Team

  11. Starting a business: the records that start on day one

    The idea is the fun part. The paperwork starts the moment it becomes real. A look at the records a new business tends to collect, and where they could live.

    2 min readBy The Readyness Team

  12. Who gets the call? Emergency contacts, written down

    Your phone knows everyone's number. You probably know three. A short look at the contact list that matters most on an unexpected day, and where it could live.

    2 min readBy The Readyness Team