Are you prepared?

I blame a forum I read for this post... I have talked about this earlier that one should not be afraid of death or dying. The more prepared you are the better it is for the loved ones. I mean that the last will and the living will should be made in time. Remember to tell people where to find the living will in case you are taken into hospital unconscious. The worst thing to happen is that your loved ones have to make the decision whether tho pull the plug or not. It is good to write everything down to the living will; how you wish to be treated, organ donation, time spent in the machines, DNR (yes or no), and finally the funeral instructions. These are the things that people need to know before someone dies. If you write them with your last will, then the instructions are read after you have died. 

The living will needs to be very specific. I have watched my granny's children toss the decision making from one to other. No-one wanted to take the final say, so my mother did it. I knew what kind of funeral she wanted, but of course I was not listened to. We thought she had written a living will, but we were not able to find it. She had talked about it quite a lot, but because nothing was written down the children were able to do what they wanted. I am not going to say that the funeral was bad, it was just not what my granny wanted. 

I know that living will is understood differently in different countries, but it still is very important for everyone to make. I have known from quite early on what I wanted. I haven't written anything down, as I had told to my sister the important parts. I think now that I am a bit older it is about time I write things down. I don't think people will see it weird anymore, like I was told when I was younger, to be thinking of these things. I just want to be able to live my life the fullest and not be caught unprepared. I want to have instructions ready, so that my loved ones do not need to make hard decisions for me.