Get Your Essential To-Do List Done


Join the founder of internationally-acclaimed website Get Your Shit Together and author of 'What Matters Most', Chanel Reynolds, for expert advice and step-by-step guidance.

Weekly live one-hour sessions:
- Wednesdays at 5:00 pm (Pacific), or
- Thursdays at 10:00 am (Pacific)

  • 1) Get Started!: Create your personalized checklist, what-if exercise, complete questionnaire, prioritize your goals. Plus: Update beneficiaries.

  • 2) Estate Planning 101: How to start, draft and complete *must-do* documents like a will and power of attorney. Plus: What's a Trust?

  • 3) Medical Decisions: Documenting your end-of-life wishes and drafting your Advance Care Directive. Plus: How to start the conversation.

  • 4) Money & Insurance: Your financial accounts now, later and in the future and what insurance do you have, need or need to update?

  • 5) Digital Accounts & Passwords: How to (more) safely store and share documents, account details and legacy planning for your digital life.

  • 6) Wrapping up + Funerals Memorial & 'After' You Die: What, how and who we leave behind.

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Course Example: Living Wills

Legal and Estate Planning Basics We All Need

About the Course

Expert advice and road-tested tools: Step-by-step instruction refined over ten years of workshops, trainings, interviews, hundreds of classes and thousands of successful students.

  • 80-page custom workbook with interactive master checklists, questionnaires, and templates.

  • 1:1 Guidance: Open Q&A after each weekly session and ongoing support.

  • Video library: Recorded group sessions to rewatch or learn on your own schedule - available for 3 months.

  • Weekly nudges with additional instruction, tips, reminders and resources to keep you on track.

  • Resource lists: Curated articles and custom tools, advice or referrals to find help or best services for you.

Testimonials

Highly Recommend!

Nancy F. - Class participant

"Chanel is extremely knowledgeable with the multiple facets of how to prepare for the end of life. She is friendly, super approachable, and her class is for ANYONE who knows either something or nothing on what to prepare."

The Power of Raw, Honest Stories About Money

New York Times Article by Ron Liebier

"Ms. Reynolds, 48, became an expert through the death of her husband, José, and the gut-wrenching period of logistical and financial madness that followed. She describes it all in “What Matters Most.”

Opinion: Catastrophe struck when my husband was killed. Here’s what I learned about creating a ‘what if’ plan

by Chanel Reynolds

Four years after my husband was killed in an accident. I had mostly gotten my sh-t together (legal documents, an emergency fund, life insurance, my end-of-life wishes, recorded important account and password information, etc.) and encouraged my parents, friends (and the whole world via my website Get Your Sh*t Together) to make it easier on everyone after they die, too.
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Watch: Chanel Reynolds

On her book, 'What Matters Most' and Getting Our Shit Together

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Preparing for Life's What-ifs | 6-Week Course

  • 1

    Welcome to the Fall 2024 6-Week Masterclass starting October 9th & 10th

    • INTRO SURVEY: Pre-Course Survey to Get Started (10 questions, 2-3 minutes)

    • ARTICLE: Read the 'How to Prepare for Life's What-ifs' interview with Chanel Reynolds

    • [Zoom Link] Wednesdays at 5pm Pacific (8pm Eastern) or Thursdays at 10am Pacific (1pm Eastern)
  • 2

    Week 1 - Get Started: Create Your Checklist, Priorities, & Plan (October 9/10)

    • [RECORDING] Session Week 1 - Fall 6-week Masterclass 2024

    • COURSE WORKBOOK: Reading, Exercise & Assignment (pages 1-7)

    • GYST SPREADSHEET: Essentials Checklist & Digital Details Tracker

    • ARTICLE: Read Creating a 'What-if' Plan OpEd by Chanel Reynolds

    • Week 1 Homework - Getting Started
  • 3

    Week 2 - Legal 101: Estate Planning & Legal Documents (October 16/17)

    • [RECORDING] Session Week 2 - Fall 6-week Masterclass 2024

    • Week 2 Lesson Slides: Legal Docs 101 PDF

    • WORKBOOK: Legal Documents & Estate Planning: (begins on Page 8)

    • EXAMPLES: Estate Documents (for reference only)

    • RESOURCES: Estate Planning Resources List

    • ARTICLE: 'The Best Investment of All: The People You Love the Most' by Ron Lieber for the New York Times
  • 4

    Week 3 - End of Life Plans: Medical Decisions & Advance Care Directives (Oct 23/24)

    • [RECORDING] Week 3 Live Session - Medical Decisions and Advance Care Directives (ACD)

    • WORKBOOK: Medical Directives and Advance Care Directives

    • EXAMPLE: ACD Document for End of Life Decisions and Instructions (from Five Wishes)
  • 5

    Week 4 - Money & Insurance: Financial Accounts & Beneficiaries (Oct 30/31)

    • [RECORDING] Week 4 Live Session - Money & Insurance

    • RESOURCES: Money & Insurance - Planning for the Long Haul
  • 6

    Week 5 - Wrangling the Details: Accounts, Documents and all the 'Stuff.' (Nov 6/7)

    • RECORDING: Week 5 Live Session - Digital Accounts & Passwords + Chat, Notes and Links

    • RESOURCES: Digital Accounts, Assets and Storing and Saving Documents

    • 2024 Password Manager Comparison Report
  • 7

    [RESCHEDULED] Week 6 - Funerals, Memorials & Death Care (Wednesday, Nov 27th at 5:00 pm PST)

    • Recording: Week 6 End of life and Death Care

    • RESOURCES: Death Care, Green/Natural Options & Your Legacy
  • 8

    What Now? Post-Course Survey, Next Steps & Your Success Plan

    • [How'd It Go? SURVEY] Post-Course Survey - Wrap Up (8 questions, 2-3 min)

FAQ

  • Is the course online?

    Yes, this course meets for online (only) gatherings once a week for six weeks - the sessions are all online but the group size is small to encourage supportive conversation and personalized support. Your course dashboard contains the videos from the live sessions, custom worksheets and checklists and course materials.

  • What if I miss one of the group meetings?

    The meetings will be recorded and available to view after the session for the duration of the course but the Q&A session with other attendees or other personal information and stories will be omitted to ensure privacy. All course materials and resources will be available to access or download for attendees for two months after the course - three months total.

  • Is there a registration fee?

    Yes, the 6-week masterclass course has a general registration fee of $249.00 per person. The full cost of the class will be refundable for 24 hours after purchase up to three days before the start of the course. Please see the pricing options section on the registration page should there be any additional pricing options or scholarship opportunities available.

  • Can my spouse/partner take the class me or should they register and purchase the class separately?

    Yes, for the online sessions, absolutely! Feel free to invite with your partner/spouse and have them join you.

  • Refund policy?

    GYST Masterclasses sell out and there is often a considerable waitlist. If you have registered and paid for the course and are unable to participate, you can request a refund by emailing Team GYST at [email protected] a minumum of 24-hours before the first, live session.

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