Why write your own obituary?

That isn’t to say you can’t add flair and personality to an obituary, because I really think you should, but The goal is really to get the obituary down to about 500 words. Sometimes shorter, sometimes longer, depending. But 500 words is that sweet spot. And we’ll talk a little bit more about the elements of an obituary, but first I want to make a case about why you could attempt to write your own, or have it written by somebody else while you are still living. So really, it boils down to three different reasons, and those are accuracy, convenience, and flavor. So accuracy. If your obituary is not written before or when you pass, then it’s hard to know if everything is going to be accurate.

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