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Take Action on Preparing For Your Future By Grace Birnstengel, Next Avenue Editor
One of the hardest parts about aging is preparing for it. That’s why most of us haven’t.
If you were to ask around, one out of three of us don’t even know who would take care of us should we need it — or have any sort of advance directive.
It’s understandable. These tasks can be difficult, daunting and emotional. Many of us put them off until it’s too late.
Still, every day is a new opportunity to change that, and that’s why Next Avenue is here.
Based at Twin Cities PBS (TPT), our team of editors and writers produce daily reporting, stories and resources on aging and what matters most in the second half of life. In tandem with the premiere of Fast-Forward , we’ve put together online courses with step-by-step instructions to help you get a plan in place for the coming years and decades of your life. Take the first step: Sign up for our email course, Assemble Your Team, at nextavenue.org/fast-forward . For seven days, we’ll break down the task of preparing for aging into smaller, more manageable parts. And once that’s done, we’ve got even more to help you.
Here’s a checklist to get you started
Mark March 24 in my calendar to tune into Fast-Forward Visit NextAvenue.org/fast-forward Sign up for the Assemble Your Team course
Sign up for the Complete an Advance Directive course Read Next Avenue’s guide called Build a Health Care Team Read Next Avenue’s guide called Understand Your Housing Options Read Next Avenue’s guide called Deal With Your Stuff
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