794 - Are you completely prepared?

Most of us don't consider our social media pages when preparing a will but we should.

Last Friday, I was talking to my friend, Linda, about her deceased husband's social media.

He passed away a year ago and his LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram pages are all still active because he had not set up his social media accounts to be deactivated after his death.

How often do you see active social media pages of people who have passed away?

I know at least a dozen people whose social media is still active as long as 12 years after they passed.

Linda wanted to have the pages deactivated but she wasn't sure how to go about it. I explained what I had to do for my mother's social media.

We finished our call and Linda wished me well for my upcoming birthday trip to Wisconsin.

We were scheduled to talk again on Monday morning.

Sadly, I learned on Monday that Linda passed away over the weekend, without any trusted family members in charge.

It was a shock, to say the least.

The question now is, who will take care of both her and her husband's social media pages?

Ask yourself that question. Who will handle your social media?

Do you really want your social media pages up forever?

We seldom consider how this affects our friends, family, and even co-workers. In today's world, it can affect our social media network connections who we have gotten to know and do business with.

Everyone over the age of 18 should have in writing who they want to control their social media pages when they are no longer with us or able.

It's another example of how your will is about more than money and things.

Many states now include a social media section in their will questionnaires.

Are you completely prepared?