We have reached the final week of Feel Good February! Over the last three weeks, we’ve secured your team with the Guardian Duck, organized your assets with the Treasure Duck, and ensured your personal care with the Comfort Duck.
Now, it is time to bring it all together with our final guide: The Legacy Duck. This week is about moving from “planning” to “protected.” It’s the ultimate step in ensuring that everything you’ve built is preserved for the people and causes you love most.
What is the Legacy Duck?
The Legacy Duck represents the completion of your journey. While the other ducks focus on specific documents, the Legacy Duck is about the big picture—making sure your plan actually works when it’s needed most. It focuses on the “finishing touches” that turn a stack of papers into a ironclad shield for your family.
To get your Legacy Duck in a row, we focus on:
- Avoiding Probate: Ensuring your assets pass directly to your heirs without the time, expense, and public nature of court proceedings.
- Trust Funding: Making sure your assets are correctly titled so your Trust can actually protect them.
- The Review Process: Confirming that your plan reflects your life today, not your life from ten years ago.
- Tax Efficiency: Protecting your hard-earned “treasure” from being unnecessarily depleted by estate taxes.
The “Feel-Good” Factor
There is a specific kind of satisfaction that comes from finishing a meaningful project. We call this Feeling Proud.
When you line up the Legacy Duck, you aren’t just “getting it over with”—you are achieving the ultimate fulfillment of absolute protection. You can put your head on your pillow tonight knowing that you haven’t left a mess for your children or a puzzle for your spouse. You’ve smoothed out every rough edge, leaving behind a legacy that is as clear and beautiful as sea glass.
How to Finish Strong
Completing your legacy doesn’t have to be daunting. Here are the final steps to achieve that coastal calm:
- Check Your Titles: Ensure your real estate and accounts are titled in the name of your Trust (if you have one).
- Schedule a Review: If you’ve had a birth, death, marriage, or divorce in the family, your Legacy Duck might be out of step.
- Share the Plan: You don’t have to share the numbers, but let your “Guardian” team know where your documents are kept.
Turn Knowledge Into Action
Ready to finish strong? This is the perfect time to turn your “Feel Good February” momentum into a lifetime of security. We are offering a limited number of Free Legacy Planning Consultations to help you cross the finish line.
Let’s get that final duck in a row together.
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