Welcome to the December edition of the newsletter for CRTS™ certificants!
What to do with the ‘treasures’ your kids don’t want
Parents who are downsizing or simply decluttering may have to get creative at finding homes for all their unwanted possessions — particularly these days.
The generations that came after the baby boom are famously less interested than their predecessors in the trappings of domestic life, says Elizabeth Stewart, author of “No Thanks Mom: The Top Ten Objects Your Kids Do NOT Want (and What To Do With Them).”
Probate Workarounds Can Save Your Heirs Time and Money
A reader recently reached out after his elderly mother died, asking how soon he could distribute the $10,000 she had earmarked in her will for each of her two grandchildren.
Because she lived in California, I had to break the bad news: He won’t be able to hand over the money any time soon.
How Aging Trends Will Reshape Life In 2030
Back in 1982, I remember devouring futurist John Naisbitt’s bestseller, Megatrends: Ten New Directions Transforming Our Lives. Now, Wharton management professor Mauro F. Guillén has published 2030: How Today’s Biggest Trends Will Collide and Reshape the Future of Everything. It’s equally fascinating, for its predictions ranging from the rise of wealth owned by women to Sub-Saharan Africa being the birthplace of the next industrial revolution. But I was most taken by Guillén’s forecasts about population aging and its implications.