Cleaning up
Things I’ve been putting off but I really should do, in no particular order
– Stop my 401k and max out L’s 529 college fund instead. 4yr college will likely cost close to a million by then, but at least it might cover some small fraction.
– get term life insurance. 10yrs is enough. After ten years the 529 will have something in it, and it won’t matter anymore
– Register as donor
– Write a will, and give the passwords to a friend who lives in another city
– Put a hard freeze on credit. I don’t anticipate borrowing anything new or moving anywhere any time soon.
– Sell or give away that stereo it took me a year to save for and audition, and the projector. R hates it anyway because it takes up space. I haven’t listened to music or watched anything for over two years, I likely never will at this point. And NPR sounds just fine on that beautiful clock radio R gave me in better days.
– Convert air miles to cash, at whatever rate they have or donate them. Whom am I kidding. I will never get to use them again.
– Give away or recycle paper books. There is no space for them, and I will never re-read them.
– Post a ten days notice, then delete Facebook account. I don’t use it, and only kept it for the friends contacts and old pictures. If I haven’t talked to them in the past 5 years I am probably never going to. Pictures from old lives don’t really matter anymore
– Dump the paper photos. They serve no purpose and take up space.
– Sell the Fuji camera. I got it when I thought I’d travel more, but all I use it for is sunsets. We all take too many photos anyway.