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My father passed away last week. I had wills written up for him, he has a small c corp, and we don’t live in a community property state. Mom’s still with us, fortunately.
Besides informing social security, filing a life insurance claim, getting a death certificate, flagging his credit card, and starting the probate process, is there anything else I need to do immediately (in a financial/regulatory sense)?
I’ve been following the guide here: https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/wiki/death_of_loved_one/ but others guidance is always appreciated.
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Always proof in print if you can, or at least run a redline and look through it yourself, stuff usually jumps out better in a different font. Stepping away for 5-10 minutes oe switching tasks helps to get a somewhat fresh eye on it. If you have time, send your stuff to your secretary or doc services to proof.
Agree with this one. Always print it on paper and that's when you proofread your work. When you read your work don't do it right away. Take time to take a pause and read it backwards instead. It will make you spot the errors right away.
Slow down. Develop a process, use a checklist and go step by step. Don’t be overeager to quickly knock out an assignment.
Work needs to be correct and timely. One without the other is about as good as neither
I was told that by my boss as a first year and it’s always stuck with me.
Read backwards. Start from the last sentence of your work and read it backwards. This can help you catch typos and other errors more easily.
You can ask a colleague to read your work and provide feedback. This can help you catch errors and identify areas that need improvement.
Print it and read it several times. I still do it.
After drafting a document, I switch tasks for about an hour then use the “read aloud” feature when I get back to work on it.
I have found that reading a redlined doc or using unconventional font before finalizing forces me to pay attention and really try and read every word. When documents are nice and clean, it’s easy to skip over errors. Make it hard on yourself by making the document harder to read and ironically it produces greater attention and focus.
When I was in BigLaw I would have my assistant proofread all drafts before sending to the partner (if there was time). Now I'm at a small firm (so much better btw) so that's not always an option. Using the Read Aloud function in word and outlook is huge.
For whatever reason my eyes just glance over typos. Read Aloud is great because I just don't trust my eyes anymore.
Haha ut-oh! You may be dyslexic! I posted above about the tools I use as a dyslexic attorney and what you’re describing is what dyslexia is actually like (it’s not really letters switching places, like people say), but it could also be fatigue! I just saw this and that familiar feeling made me want to stop and suggest it because learning I had that neurological pathway was a game changer and helped me immensely in my work!
Lot of comments already... but I used to struggle with the same issue frequently and now a lot less. One trick my old partner taught me is to read the document "backwards" by starting from the bottom and working your way up to the top. When reading conventionally, from top, sometimes your mind overlooks the typos because you know what's supposed to be there.
Just git gud
I use Grammarly to check my typos