Online bill payment and statements are now mainstream, which means someone will need to access your email to get your bills paid if you can’t do it yourself.

Check out this great article from estateplanning.com about what your paper trail will say about you. Wendi Temkin from Temkin Law asks the questions “How much of your life is lived on-line? Do you have bills that you pay automatically, based on emailed invoices and on-line payments directly out of your checking account? Are your paychecks automatically deposited into your checking account? If something happened to you tomorrow, how hard would it be for a loved one to reconstruct your assets and debts?”

She gives practical ideas for how to leave a road map and not lead your loved ones on a scavenger hunt, calling it “the loving thing to do.”

Our mission at The Torch is to inspire people everywhere to share instructions for how to navigate their life. Start the conversation with your loved ones today.

To read the full article, check out what your paper trail will say about you.