Planning your funeral in advance is one of the smartest, most considerate things you can do with your family. Don’t be shy to bring up a sensitive topic like this with your family – instead, consider it an opportunity to influence your family’s financial security after you’re gone, a way to aid in your family’s grieving process following your death, and a chance to dictate how you’re remembered. Let’s take a look at a few of the specific benefits that you and your family will enjoy by preplanning your funeral:
- Financial Certainty
By setting a plan for funeral expenditures, memorial services, cremation or burial, and other expenses in advance of your passing, you will leave your family with an established course of action if anything should happen unexpectedly. Without planning ahead, you may pass and leave your loved ones scrambling to collect the necessary amount to cover the potentially high costs involved. It would be best to know what those costs look like now and plan in advance.
“Planning your funeral is one of the most considerate things you can do with your family.”
- Logistical Peace of Mind
No family wants to have to plan a major event in the wake of a tragedy. While life inevitably goes on, things would be a whole lot easier on your loved ones if the plans were set in motion before the ultimate event. In the same way you don’t want to have to plan a full wedding a week after the engagement, your family shouldn’t have to assemble a funeral and all the accompanying arrangements mere days after your passing. - Preparation for a Life Without You
Perhaps the biggest reason to talk with your loved ones about funeral planning is so that they can understand what life might look like without you – making it easier for them to cope when the day eventually comes. Again, this doesn’t have to be a depressing talk. In fact, it can be beneficial for everyone to have a heart-to-heart about your mortality and to realize that life will go on. By making arrangements for a funeral, which is inherently a logistical task, you can ground your family and loved ones in reality while also preparing them emotionally.
As you discuss the options for your funeral, make sure you’re clear on how you prefer to be laid to rest. More and more people are opting for cremation, as it provides more options for memorializing and doesn’t require a plot of land in a cemetery. For more on your funeral and cremation options, request free information from Neptune Society.
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The Neptune Society is the nation’s oldest and largest provider of affordable cremation services. Whether you have an immediate need or want to plan cremation services in advance, we are always available to assist you and your family.
Call 1-800-NEPTUNE (800-637-8863) today or contact us online to learn more.
