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My Beliefs and opinions
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Things I did to act on my values
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Something I learned from my parents, siblings, spouse,
children, friends
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Something I learned from experience
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Something I am grateful for
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Important events in my life
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Imagine that you only had a limited time left to live. What
would you regret not having done
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Save items that articulate your feelings, e.g., philosophy,
quotes, pictures
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Review what you have collected after a few weeks or months
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Add to this over time
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Clump related items together... Patterns will emerge
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Revise and expand the related categories into paragraphs
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Arrange the paragraphs in an order that makes sense to you
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Add an introduction and conclusion
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Put aside for a few weeks and then review and revise
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Keeping a journal or diary is an excellent way to write
about your thoughts, feelings and experiences
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Over time review what you have written
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Themes will emerge from which you can create a comfortable
structure for your "Ethical Will."
