The Life Preparedness Guide
Get the important parts of your life organized. Before you or your family need them.
A practical step-by-step guide to help you organize your important documents, accounts, insurance information, emergency details, family plans, and the decisions that are easy to put off until later.
Digital guide + workbook · Instant access · $47
A quick check
How prepared is your household, really?
Most people are more organized than they think in some areas, and far less prepared in others. Tick anything that is fully true today.
If you answered not sure to even one of these, that is exactly what the Life Preparedness Guide helps you fix. Every box here is a section in the guide, with a worksheet to complete it.
The change
From scattered information to a prepared household.
Scattered
Important information lives across phones, inboxes, drawers, apps, folders and memory.
Organized
You know what exists, where it is, and what still needs attention.
Prepared
The people closest to you can find what they need if life changes unexpectedly.
The system
One system for the parts of life most people never organize in one place.
The Life Preparedness Guide walks you through the practical areas that matter most, from important documents and household information to major life decisions, family responsibilities and future planning.
Part One
The Foundation
Get organized now, as your life is today.
- 01 Your emergency fundWork out the number that would actually carry your household, and set up the account that holds it.
- 02 Protecting your incomeDecide whether anyone depends on your income, and check that the cover and beneficiaries are current.
- 03 The document vaultKnow exactly which documents matter, where each one is, and what is still missing.
- 04 The “if something happens” pageOne sheet holding the contacts, bills and locations your household would need quickly.
- 05 Your digital legacyA plan for the accounts, devices, photos and files that live behind your passwords.
- 06 Your wishes, in writingGet your medical and end-of-life wishes written down, and make sure the right person knows them.
- 07 The family money checkMake sure essential household knowledge does not live in only one person's head.
- 08 The annual reviewA once-a-year pass that keeps all of it true as things change.
Part Two
The Big Moments
Prepare before they arrive, not while you're standing in them.
- 09 Buying a homeThe true cost beyond the asking price, and the readiness check to run before you commit.
- 10 Marriage & combining financesThe conversation to have first, and the paperwork that quietly changes underneath it.
- 11 Having childrenThe arrival budget, the cover to recalculate, and the guardianship decision, settled early.
- 12 Caring for aging parentsThe questions, documents and contacts to organize while it is still an easy conversation.
- 13 Retirement readinessWhat will arrive, what will leave, and the gap between them, written on one page.
Plus an appendix your family hopes never to need, and is very glad to have.
What you end up with
By the end, you will have a clearer picture of your entire life.
Not notes and good intentions. Actual finished pages you can hand to someone.
The workbook
Not just something to read. Something to complete.
The workbook turns each section into practical steps you can work through at your own pace. These are the real pages.
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Digital guide + workbook · Instant access · $47
Why this matters
A prepared household should not depend on one person knowing everything.
In most households, one person knows which bills need paying, where the documents are, which providers to call, how the accounts are managed, and what needs attention.
That works perfectly, until that person is unavailable.
The guide helps you move what is in one person's head into a clear, organized system the whole household can understand.
What's included
One guide. One workbook. A clearer picture of your entire life.
Who it's for
Made for you if…
- You're building a family, a home, or a life worth protecting.
- You're starting to think about aging parents, or about your own plans.
- You want peace of mind, not another thing to feel behind on.
- You are not a finance expert, and have no interest in becoming one.
Not for you if…
You're looking for stock tips, investment strategies, or a way to get rich. This guide won't tell you what to buy. It tells you what to organize. There's no product being sold to you inside it.
Why now
The best time to organize this information is when nothing is wrong.
Preparedness is far easier when you have time to think clearly, locate documents, ask questions and make decisions without pressure. This gives you a simple place to start.
Why we made this.
Almost everyone carries this list. Almost nobody gets to it. Not because they don't care. Because it's scattered across a dozen topics, wrapped in language nobody enjoys reading, and there's never an obvious first step.
Being prepared shouldn't require being wealthy, or being an expert, or having an afternoon free to decode a legal document. It should be a handful of small, ordinary tasks, in a sensible order, with someone calm walking beside you.
That's all this is. The version we wished existed when we needed it.
— the team at acori
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Get the important things out of your head and into a system.
You do not need to organize your entire life in one day. You just need a clear place to start.
$47 is the launch price, while the guide is new. It goes up from here.
Instant digital access to the guide and workbook.
Work through it gradually, section by section, at your own pace.
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