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Episode 26: When Should You Update Your Will?
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This week we're talking the must-dos of keeping an up-to-date Will! Whether you just had kids or are facing the loss of a loved one, we'll cover which milestones in life are crucial for revisiting your Will so you can keep your plan aligned with your wishes.
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Introduction to Estate Planning Podcast
00:00:03
Speaker
Welcome to another episode of One of Us Knows What They're Talking About. And the other one is you. I'm Lori Burch, your host. Join us as we discuss and unpack wills, trust, estate planning, and probate law in a way that's actually informative, interesting, and well, hopefully entertaining. Because if you don't have a will, the state of Texas has one for you. Let's dive in.
When to Update Your Estate Plans
00:00:39
Speaker
All right, so today we're going to talk about reasons or life events that would cause one to need to update their estate plan, their will, their trust, their powers of attorney. And there are many, many, many reasons, but there's definitely some more common ones of what when reasons why we need to update that.
00:01:03
Speaker
But I already know, at least more for people who might watch the podcast versus listen to it, because at this point, if you're listening to it, you wouldn't notice this. But somebody is missing from the podcast today. And if you are watching this, Sarah, what the hell is behind you? Like, why did we do this? She's still here. She's here with us.
00:01:29
Speaker
and spirit says, Sam is not here today because apparently it takes two full days to move into an apartment during the week. yeah She has a lot of feelings and she needs them to process them. Heaven, heaven forbid you move during the weekend. But oh, no, I can't tell you why she's not here because there's a statement that Sarah, are you the one that's going to read this for everybody? Yeah, sure.
00:01:58
Speaker
I'm not. Okay. Dear listeners, I am so sorry that I am not there today. I'm currently sitting in an English pub. Shout out to the Londoner. After going up so many stairs that my legs feel like jello. I know it is a great injustice that I am not there to make you he and haw today. But you are in good hands with Sarah as we are basically the same person just born in different countries. I hope you learned some fun things today and have a good time. Please forgive me or I will cry Sam.
00:02:30
Speaker
I will go on record that there is a good chance that Sam will cry anyway. Yeah, she's gonna cry no matter what. Yeah. Yes. And tell her story here. Is she actually at a pub?
00:02:44
Speaker
I guess she's taking a break from this the strenuous moving from a one bedroom apartment to another one bedroom apartment. Oh, please. I can verify. I guess so. Okay. ah That's fine. That's fine. She's on her way home now. She was there. Okay. Well, she normally we record this earlier in the day, but we've had some intervening events. So we're going to talk about things that need updating. One of my favorite parts about this topic is that it presumes that you already have a mistake plan with our trust.
The Importance of Initial Estate Planning
00:03:23
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And so I'm going to throw something out, Sarah, that I'm not sure. And you're going to like this because it's data, or as Cynthia would pronounce it, data. Data.
00:03:35
Speaker
Did you know, Sarah, that people are more likely to update their will or trust or estate plan than they are to even do it in the first place? I could see that. Okay. Elaborate. Why? Why does that make sense? Cause like, if you've already gotten it, you're already, I don't want to say people. Okay. If you already gotten it, you're responsible.
00:04:05
Speaker
ah say it Say it how you mean in Jordan would. yeah Right. Jordan would say you're not lazy. So it makes sense that if you already have it, you're already thinking about like, okay, this thing happened, we should update this versus if you don't have it, you're just it's not even on your radar.
00:04:24
Speaker
So yeah i can think ah something more like if you have it, you've already bought into it and you know, or if you have it, you know, and you're never going back because you care about your family. That too. You can edit that one. I think all of that's correct. Here's what's even more correct.
00:04:44
Speaker
is that one of the reasons that people don't get this done is because it's just, it's like this barrier. It's like this big unknown thing of how hard is it gonna be? What am I gonna have to do? How much time it's gonna take? And once you've gotten over that and seen the process, then in your mind, it's really just doing little tweaks and adjustments and everything. So it's much easier once you've gotten past the hump of doing it, making some initial decisions, having it in place. Now it's there. Now you only have to think about how would you adjust this or shape this and so or change it. And so I would actually
00:05:27
Speaker
use one of the things that we try to help people get this done in the first place, use this as an example of, is that just get it done. You can change it, you can update it, and really just getting it done the first time makes it so much easier for you to think later like, oh, maybe I want to change who I named in my medical power attorney, or maybe I want to add another guardian.
00:05:51
Speaker
But just starting from scratch is the hardest barrier to get to get over. So just do it and know that you can change it all you want.
Life Changes Impacting Estate Plans
00:06:00
Speaker
Make adjustments. So Sarah, what do you think are some good reasons once you've already got a plan in place that might trigger you to make an update? And I don't want you to look at any blogs. I don't want you to use any knowledge that you would have from working here over the many years you've been here. okay I want you just to speculate, why would someone need to update their estate plan? If I knew nothing, I would say kids.
00:06:30
Speaker
That would be my number one guess. What does that mean? If you have kids, it's like now you have something to take care of, you are responsible for. So are you saying if you didn't have kids and then you have kids? Right. Yes. Like they happen. Okay. You gave birth.
00:06:50
Speaker
So what would you do? I can't believe I'm asking the one person in the firm that doesn't have anything to do with legal production or work with clients, but it's what makes us so fun. So Sarah, what would you have to change? Do you think in your plan, if suddenly you had no kids and now you have kids? It's not so sudden. We usually have about a nine month head start or math. Yeah, you start in the morning.
00:07:18
Speaker
mushroom elephant. What's their gestation period? Isn't it really long? It's almost like, I'll look at it while Sarah talks. Look at that and then look at the honeys.
00:07:32
Speaker
ah Guardianship is the first thing that comes to mind. Sarah, who are you? How do you know this stuff? Thanks to Burschlaw. Okay, so guardianship, who would take care of them? canny can you think ah I'm already impressed.
00:07:46
Speaker
So can you think of anything else that would trigger you needing to update if you suddenly, suddenly in nine months you had kids?
00:07:57
Speaker
Honestly, no. Okay. Okay. No. Well, let me put it this way. Cause this is really fun for me because you're the only person in the firm that I would have zero problem with you not knowing any of these answers. So well done.
00:08:12
Speaker
Okay, just check pure really quick. yeah Asian elephants 18 to 22 months. African bush elephants 22 months. And yes, in comparison with bunnies or rabbits. um The shortest period I see on here is 27 days. Longest is 35 for European rabbits. Oh, wait, I'm sorry. The common type Taipei rabbit is No, it's 45. So yeah, 27 to 45 days. You may continue.
00:08:51
Speaker
That's really great. They're so cute. There's a lot of like thoughts that are coming into my head, but I haven't filtered them through a live studio audience. So I'm not going to say them.
00:09:03
Speaker
But anyway, Sarah, so if I wanted to, if I was gonna have a child, guardianship, good, ding, ding, ding, winner, winner, chicken dinner, would, what if I wanted to leave all my money to them? Ooh, okay.
00:09:18
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um
00:09:21
Speaker
You would need a, well, it'd be best if you had a trust. Not best, you'd have to have one. So go with your first one. Okay, okay. Why? so that they don't get all of their money, or your money, at 18?
00:09:40
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Yeah, that's, ah yeah. Sarah, do you know that you have knowledge that the vast majority of the world does not have? She reads the blogs.
00:09:52
Speaker
Right. I watch the videos. It is. It is impressive that when we have ah marketing vendors send us blogs that they're going to put on there and then Sarah is like, do you want to review them first? I reviewed them and I gave them corrections. I used to say yes, but now I'm like, no, let them make your revisions and then I'll look. But because when Sarah first would send them to me,
00:10:14
Speaker
And it's so interesting like the substantive areas of law where Sarah be like, oh, I don't think they can say that or no, that doesn't make any sense or we don't do it that way. It is interesting. I mean, my favorite characteristic of you, Sarah, and I think probably your most unique characteristic to the other people that work work at Birch Law is you really, really, really listen to me.
00:10:40
Speaker
And wait, wait, this is a two parter because I think everybody listens to me, frankly. Well, almost everybody. But you do this other thing and you retain it. True. Yeah. Yeah.
00:10:56
Speaker
Yeah, so that's true. So yes, if you're going to have kids, the other thing and this is this one is one I don't love, but it is it is something that we're having to deal with the reality of things, how how things are kind of changing in Texas as far as probate and all the stuff that you go through is that if you have additional kids,
00:11:18
Speaker
you should probably update your stuff to acknowledge the new child. Now, if we were talking 10 years ago, I would tell you, no, as long as we've got a clause that says, this is my child now, but this is going to include any future born or adopted children. That's kind of the language that we would use.
00:11:37
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that used to be good enough, but now we're running into so many roadblocks that courts want to throw at us. And so now we're dealing with, if we say, you know, all future and born children or adopted children, it used to be, okay, well, let's just show birth certificates. Here are the other kids that are going to be born or were born.
00:11:59
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And now some courts are wanting to do like a um like appointing an attorney ad litem to research the errors and be able to prove that these other kids exist and that they were of this couple. And, you know, if you're not a probate attorney, you don't need to know all the nuances of what that means, just that it takes more time and money.
00:12:19
Speaker
And so updating things when more kids are born is probably a good idea. I think we have another us um sidebar from Cynthia regarding gestational periods. We do. um This one is, yeah, hi. Thank you. Thank you, Lori.
00:12:39
Speaker
um The frilled shark has the longest gestation period of all vertebrates. It can take three point five years for it to give birth to their pups. And the litter size is very from two to 15.
00:12:57
Speaker
Well, it's got a don't. OK, you can Google it if you want frilled F R I L L E. It's got a terrifying little mouth. Big mouth. OK.
00:13:11
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Yeah. 3.5 years. Could you imagine if that was humans? That would be a big baby. Well, in fairness, it kind of felt like Kimberly was pregnant for three and a half years. Well, but that was, you know, over the course of two kids. Yeah, but it just felt like a really long time.
00:13:34
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in
00:13:37
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You also lived with her, so you were there, you know? Oh, Sarah's here with me, she'll think. I was looking up the frilled shark. I don't like that. And? Yeah, I told you not to look at it. All right, fine. I'm all in here. Frilled shark. Oh, I told you. It's not pretty. I really, I really don't think someone looks like that should be procreating.
00:14:06
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I'm just saying I started Googling and like mammals. It's the African. Ironically, this looks like something that hasn't fully developed. It does. You would think for half years, it would look better. For three and a half years, you can have more definition to your face or snout or teeth.
00:14:27
Speaker
I don't know, there's some teeth in there. It's got some interesting teeth. All right, so stay planning state the state planning. Yeah. So speaking of kids, let's keep on that theme, right? When kids are no longer minors.
00:14:47
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Sometimes I think about like little hats with a light on it. They're in Pennsylvania, they're like this. mindful Anyway,
00:14:59
Speaker
um anyway when they are under 18, When they become 18, 19, 20, start to become an adult, then that's another time that may trigger you to think about, is this time to update? Certainly we don't need guardianship anymore, but at what point might you think your kids are ready to take on some of the responsibility of being a medical power attorney, of being an executor, of being able to inherit money and make sound financial
Reviewing Your Estate Plans Regularly
00:15:27
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decisions?
00:15:27
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So that's another time in your life that it might trigger needing to make any updates or changes. Sarah, what do you think are other reasons that people might need to make changes or updates to their estate plan? Definitely when somebody dies. Okay. Like if somebody in your plan, like an executor or something, they die, you would want that updated.
00:15:55
Speaker
You know, I don't know that like the majority of other people in birch law could answer just right off the cuff like this. They probably can, but I'm just trying to give. so little props here Yeah. So we do, we do really like to be able to, um, build in contingency plans.
00:16:16
Speaker
where if not this person, this person, not this person, this person. And that's pretty good, but sometimes you don't have the luxury of having that many people or you haven't really built out contingency plans. And definitely when it's a loss of a spouse and they're your first person that gets everything, is appointed to do everything,
00:16:37
Speaker
there will be There will be certain efficiencies ah as far as making things quicker, simpler, and easier if you do go ahead and update it. It's not necessarily that you have to do it.
00:16:48
Speaker
when you have other contingencies. But if the goal is to not have problems with banks, hospitals, courts, and all of that, not a bad idea to update it when somebody passes away. So a question that we get um quite often, I would say, is how often should you review your will or trust our state plan? Sarah, how often do you think you should? Well, I know the answer. So if I didn't know the answer, I would think probably I would say probably every five years or so. That seems like a good time period.
00:17:22
Speaker
Yeah, that's not bad. I mean, there actually isn't really any right or wrong answer to that. um Laws do change, estate tax changes, your life changes. So certainly iny any triggering life events that we're talking about, that that needs to kind of kick in. But as far as just a general review, I'd say at least every two to three years is a good benchmark. But I also know, because I have a background in dentistry,
00:17:53
Speaker
Maybe we need a podcast to talk about that weird little little segment of my life, era. It's not really era, it's like a sub-era, because law was still going on at the same time. But anyway, I do have a background in industry. And they tell you to floss every day. ah Sarah, do you floss every day? Not even, nope. Cynthia, do you floss every day? Not every day, no.
00:18:18
Speaker
Okay, and even with this gorgeous, perfect, never braces, wearing smile, not even eye floss every day. and So I realize that for the majority of people, that two to three years is probably unrealistic, but you know, hey, at least we're not saying review it every day. But it's one reason why we have a special subscription plan, a maintenance plan, if it if you will, the CYA plan, the Cover Your Assets plan.
00:18:53
Speaker
exclusive to Birch Law, where we will force you to have a review with us. yeah And depending on your level of the plan, it can be annual. Cynthia, I'm gonna do it. It can be bi-annual, which means every other year, or twice a year. Anyway, twice a year, or something that most people can figure out quarterly.
00:19:19
Speaker
different levels of the plan have to do with us forcing you into having a review. But it is good because you know it does catch me off guard sometimes where people email me in a panic and say, Lori, we did our will a few years ago with you and we need to add my sister as a guardian and I'll pull up their will and their sister's already a guardian.
00:19:43
Speaker
or they'll say, Lori, I just talked to so-and-so and they said I need to have ah this document for disposition of remains. I'm like, we did that document. You already have it. So the fact is I don't think people, and maybe it's really just a testament to the extreme trust that our clients have in us. That's what it is.
00:20:03
Speaker
that they don't necessarily remember, retain, or ever knew in the first place what we did for them. So not a bad idea to take a look or to sit down if you're a CYA plan client and take a gander at those things. So we've already mentioned kids being born, kids becoming adults. We talked about death. Another one, I'm not going to put Sarah on the spot anymore for this stuff because we need to be moving along. Uh, getting married.
00:20:34
Speaker
You know, married names, name changes. Those are things that aren't bad ideas. If you move states. Change in assets. Have you bought a new house? Have you, I didn't hear what you just said. What did you say? What did you say, Cynthia? I said if you move states, if you move to a different state. I'm getting there. You didn't, you just, I made it so long ago. I'm getting there. It was a free for all. And I have information. I'll go back to shark facts. Go back to gestational periods.
00:21:04
Speaker
It's fascinating. ah What? Nevermind. Yes. So definitely if you're retiring, um that's sometimes a time to re-examine this. um And yes, to Cynthia's point, moving out of state or moving in state.
00:21:26
Speaker
This is something people don't really like. And it's one of those things that I guess I've just I'm so such an insider to estate planning. It catches me off guard a little bit or maybe just having legal knowledge that and constitutional knowledge and knowing that every state has a certain degree of autonomy. But I also understand from a lay person's perspective that, gosh, a document for a will from this state should be valid in this state in this state, but every state defines
00:22:00
Speaker
what language and parameter should be in a will in a medical power of attorney and financial power attorney. There's even documents that aren't the same from state to state. Now, that doesn't mean they're not recognized. So don't get in a big huff and puff about it. We have probated many wills from different states. But again, the number one reason we hear from people to get any of this legal planning done is because it's really fun.
00:22:31
Speaker
Nope, that's not the number one reason at all.
State-Specific Estate Planning Considerations
00:22:35
Speaker
ah In fact, I don't think that's ever a reason. The number one reason is that they're trying to make things as easy or as straightforward as possible.
00:22:44
Speaker
So if that is your end goal, then yes, if you move to a different state or you have the good fortune to be moving into Texas and you have documents from a different state, you really should get them updated. Or how do we call it, Sarah? If you move out of state, you move from another state, you come to Texas. Texify. Texify.
00:23:14
Speaker
Uh, because there's different procedures, there's different language. Um, and I'll tell you one thing right now. That's right. Textified big textify. Cause it is Texas state fair time. Oh, I wonder if Kimberly said a reminder to first look for a big text cups. Cut that out Sarah. Nobody needs to know about that. Um, so anyway, um,
00:23:44
Speaker
don't tempt banks with an opportunity to reject your financial power of attorney because they just look for reasons not to accept them. And so if you've got one and you're going into a Texas bank and you've got one from Arizona, they're just gonna throw you out on the street.
00:24:05
Speaker
Okay, so moving moving states is definitely something that um that would trigger that. And it's also important, in addition to all of this, is to make sure that you're reviewing other things. How are your beneficiaries set up on life insurance, retirement?
00:24:25
Speaker
um getting an understanding of how um your bank accounts are set up. That is one of the biggest things. like Is it joint owners? Is it rights of survivorship? All of these things. So there's many, many reasons that you should, if you've got a plan in place, good for you, good job. You're way ahead of most people.
00:24:45
Speaker
But since you've shown that degree of responsibility, take it another level and make sure that you're trying to keep things updated and in line with your current plan. Because we've had wills that are so old that all of the executors have died.
00:25:00
Speaker
and it it can make things really difficult aaron and challenging. So you know the thing is too, is that for the most part, if you do this the first time, you're probably not gonna have to update this more than maybe two to three times your entire life. This is your entire life.
00:25:22
Speaker
um Unless you're like some of our clients where you just live for cutting out a kid and they all need to take a turn. We've had instances like that. and hey I mean, what else was your time? Right. right Absolutely. cut them Cut them out, put them back in, cut out another one. But these are these are the main the main triggers for you that should require some updating. Do you have any other thoughts, Sarah or Cynthia or Sam?
00:25:51
Speaker
Sam has no more thoughts for this. I'm going to need you to isolate that little piece of audio because Sam has no more thoughts.
00:26:08
Speaker
ah Great. So um even in the absence of Sam, I do think we you all anticipated her being gone.
00:26:19
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um
00:26:23
Speaker
So let me go up here and look at our list of what you did. So Sarah, what did you and Sam prepare for us when it comes to things that need to be updated? Why oh are you going to hold her up? She needs to be closer. I don't know. it's I don't know what's going to happen. Yeah. We came up with a quick list of when you should update other things in life. Oh, okay.
00:26:49
Speaker
I have some useful ones after they're done with these ones. think Thank God. Okay, so starting off with Sam's, which is why she's here. So it looks like she's speaking. She looks so pleasant.
00:27:03
Speaker
ah Update your cat's name when it doesn't listen to you. whatt Wouldn't that be a lot? Should you do that with your kids too? Yeah, I think you should do that with anything, really. See, Turnip knows her name. She just refuses to acknowledge it.
00:27:19
Speaker
That's the thing about cats. That's a good choice. Time to update. update is And frankly, kids. And I don't know that I really want this to make it into the final episode, but what's what's next, Sarah? ah Just get a new car when it's time for an oil change. You came up with this? Did you come up with it because I brought it up the other day? Absolutely. OK. Laurie, is that what you do?
00:27:47
Speaker
No, no, that's what someone in my life does. um Because Sarah, I don't think that would ever come into your realm of thought, because it's so it's so uber bougie. and You have to talk to people like that that's that's several conversations. Yeah, okay. All right. um Let's do this next one from Sam. From Sam. um Hire new co workers when they start getting better than you.
00:28:16
Speaker
what she means by that, I'm not really sure. Yeah, so Sam's not here to answer for herself, which is really how we prefer it. But but so do you do you think that she's saying that if a co worker is getting better than you get rid of them and get another one? Yes. But how are we committing to crimes or do you do you all have the perception that you are in control of this?
00:28:45
Speaker
I don't um I'm curious what she's thinking like how she how she would get rid of that whether that's bribery um blackmail who is she gonna bribe but she said hire new co-workers how is she gonna bribe them is the thing blackmail chicken sushi has no a lot of secrets now she knows well that's only if she wants to make them sick salmonella sushi
00:29:16
Speaker
I don't know. Let's, let's just move on to the next one. This one's yours. Yeah, just get a new phone when it loses battery. Define loses as battery, like it just is loses its charge, or does it charge as well anymore? I should clarify when it just loses its charge, it goes down to zero, just get a new one. um so We have something in our household that I lovingly call Kim percent.
00:29:43
Speaker
okay Because if Kimberly's phone is ever above 20% charge, then i don't I don't know what's happened. So that is Kim percent. Now, when mine gets below 70%, I start to freak out. Yeah.
00:30:03
Speaker
yeah But then I think what Cynthia was asking, because there were there are lawsuits about this, is about the actual capacity of the battery. But that that almost makes too much sense for a Sarah contribution. Yeah, right I realized that after I said it. It's too valid. I apologize. arab yeah Do you all know about this the if you have an iPhone where you can look to see what your battery capacity is?
00:30:32
Speaker
Yes. Maximum capacity. So what is the maximum capacity of your current phone? Mine's at 84. 84. Wait, how do I find this? I think it's a 12. A 12, okay. Cynthia. How do I find this? Go to settings, go to battery, and then go to battery health and charging. Okay, battery. Oh, I'm at 87.
00:31:00
Speaker
Okay, which iPhone do you have? I think this is a 12. Okay. day i I have an 11, which an 80 year old man made fun of me recently for that. But my maximum capacity may have also been the same one who gets a new car when it needs an oil change. um But mine's 87 as well.
00:31:26
Speaker
Dang, what I've had this for a couple of years. See, that's another thing for me. I'm like, if it does everything I need it to, it keeps a charge. I like my phone case. I'm not too, yeah. I like my phone case. All right. Do we have something else from Sam from the great beyond? Yes. ah She said, get new shoes. Still alive.
00:31:55
Speaker
Wait, here we go. Get new shoes when yours get dirty. Are these all aspirational for the two of you? Yeah, that's my question, too. Because know this is, none of you live this way. These sound like, like, if Cynthia, Jordan, or I were coming up with ones, they sound more like that. It's true. If my shoes get dirty, I just clean them, or of them clean. ah Same. No, you gotta buy new ones.
00:32:25
Speaker
I mean, I don't really get my shoes dirty cause I probably have pretty pairs of shoes. I'm just very careful when I step and if I get anything on them, I may clean them up. You know what, Sarah? I don't go to dirty places.
00:32:41
Speaker
Maybe Sam and I do. I don't know. I think the dirtiest place you go is like a playground, maybe, whenever you have to take the kids. Well, actually a nature school, like walking around, walking out, it's all like gravel and dirt there.
00:32:53
Speaker
so All right, and then finally, a contribution from Sarah. Yes, with some help from Cynthia and Laurie. When your spouse leaves time on the microwave, change your Facebook status to it's complicated. That sounds good. Really? work anything I don't mind it. Luke does. I should have done this when Kimberly volunteered to be president of the PTSA. it's come
00:33:25
Speaker
It's complicated. And you know what? It really ah is complicated. It's made things complicated. It's actually shocking. And you know, we're in the midst of homecoming or as Kimberly's calling it, Hoko, which I told her if you say, if you say Hoko one more time to me,
00:33:50
Speaker
I believe she would call hot chocolate, hot chocolate. Although that does remind me, I do think in a future episode, dear listeners, in a future episode, we are going to talk about acronyms.
00:34:04
Speaker
oh And maybe as a subtopic, we should talk about unnecessary abbreviations. Absolutely. You need to put HOCO at the top of that.
00:34:24
Speaker
What do you think, Sarah? Yeah, I think that'd be fun. An unnecessary abbreviation such as HOCO. All right, and we've got it. So those are things that need to be
Engaging with the Podcast Community
00:34:42
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updated. um maybe Maybe they don't. If you have any thoughts that you want to contribute to us, let us know. Can we say something like,
00:34:52
Speaker
but something in the comments. I don't know. I see yeah like the kids watch this stuff. Yeah. Okay. You can put things in the comments. They can tweet at us. Do we have a Twitter? No, we don't. We don't have a Twitter. Oh, I see Graham, but it's, it's X. Yeah. I don't call it Twitter anymore. Do they? So if, but it's called X, but is it still called a tweet? Yeah. What is it called?
00:35:23
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I don't know that anybody legitimately is doing it anymore.
00:35:29
Speaker
I don't know, but you can find me. Yeah, okay. You can find me. Yes. Oh, if they're part of the um Friends and Family of Birch Law Facebook group, you can you can go in there. Yeah, we'd love to hear from you. I do think some useful things people that you do absolutely need to update is air filters, your sponges to do your dishes, and your water filters, your like, there's so many things that are legitimate that we could have listed out. But please know these clean out filters and stay healthy. So here's something I i want to ask and I'm wondering, but
00:36:15
Speaker
I have like a monthly annual, whatever the frequency is, reminder on my, yes, I have a personal Asana. That's what I use, not a sponsor. And from weekly to monthly to bi-monthly, to yearly reminders on there to do certain things. Do other people do this? Yeah. I just have a calendar.
00:36:46
Speaker
Like a physical calendar. I have calendar reminders. And I mean, I have different projects. I have personal, I have banter, family maintenance, I have home improvement. It's kind of smart.
00:36:59
Speaker
Yeah, we put things on the calendar. So like if we know that, hey, we need to like tags, flea medication is on the calendar, cats is, whenever we need to like replace certain filters on certain things or buying their food for the pets, just because Luca's the one who feeds them most of the time. And I'm like, I don't know where we are. But yeah, we have reminders.
00:37:29
Speaker
Yeah, definitely. I think it's a ah good system to have, to be able to get those things done and to keep it updated. And with that, we bid you adieu.
00:37:43
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00:38:28
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much better. Yeah I thought that had a lot of energy.