My New Year's Day family meal went without a hitch this year. There was no medium-rare topside for me to choke half to death on, just a tender boeuf bourguignon that even Jude, my three-year-old son, was able to munch on.
It is 12 months since I confessed that I hadn't got around to writing a will, despite my numerous articles on the importance of having one.
But two events a year ago prompted a New Year resolution to get a will. The first was having my sister and father perform the Heimlich manoeuvre on me as I choked alarmingly on a piece of beef. Later that same day I tuned into The Archers, to hear super-posh Nigel Pargetter plunge to his death, leaving his wife, Elizabeth, a widow and his twin sons fatherless.
I have always been reluctant to think about death, getting older and making a will. I am not alone – recent research from Brewin Dolphin, the private client investment manager, found that 63pc of people did not have a will. Those surveyed blamed a lack of time, being too young or not having enough money.
It is understandable why talk about the future is often put on the back burner. Talk of wills, inheritance tax and estate planning seems far removed from your day-to-day life. Besides, there is already enough doom and gloom around for us to bear.
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