Turn important things into something you can actually work through.
Use practical planners, checklists and worksheets to organize what matters, review your situation and decide what deserves attention next.
Different jobs need different tools.
Use the tool that matches the question you are trying to answer.
My Prepared Life Checklist
This is the main Have These Now tool. Tell us about your current work, household, housing, transportation, dependents, business and other responsibilities. Your answers help narrow down what may be worth reviewing.
Build My Checklist →Choose the job you need to get done.
These resources are built to help you review, estimate, organize or document something specific instead of leaving you with another article to read and no clear next step.
Emergency Fund Planner
Estimate a practical emergency savings range based on essential monthly expenses and your current circumstances.
Open Tool →Life Insurance Needs Worksheet
Work through financial obligations and existing resources to better understand the questions worth considering before choosing coverage.
Open Tool →Beneficiary Review Checklist
Review the accounts, policies and arrangements where beneficiary information may need to be checked after a major life change.
Open Tool →Home Records Checklist
Identify the ownership, insurance, maintenance, inventory and household records worth keeping organized.
Open Tool →Vehicle Readiness Checklist
Review vehicle documents, insurance, maintenance information, roadside planning and emergency readiness.
Open Tool →Job Change Checklist
Work through benefits, retirement, insurance and important records when leaving one employer or starting with another.
Open Tool →Digital Life Checklist
Review account recovery, password management, two-factor authentication, subscriptions, domains and other important digital assets.
Open Tool →Annual Life Review
Use one yearly review to revisit insurance, beneficiaries, documents, money, emergency plans and other important areas.
Open Tool →Sometimes paper is still useful.
Printables can make important information easier to review with a partner, family member or trusted person without turning Have These Now into a storage vault.
Browse Printables →
Keep useful non-sensitive emergency contact information easy to reach.
→ Where Things Are WorksheetRecord where important documents and policies are kept without writing down secret credentials.
→ Essential Documents ChecklistReview identity, household and other important records that may deserve secure storage or backup.
→ Annual Life Review SheetA simple yearly review of the areas that commonly need another look.
→Start with the responsibility in front of you.
Tools work best when they solve a particular problem. Browse by the part of your life you are trying to organize or review.
Useful tools should not require your most sensitive information.
Organize the responsibility — not your secrets.
Have These Now tools are intended to help you identify, estimate, review and organize. You should not need to enter passwords, Social Security numbers, full financial account numbers, medical diagnoses or the contents of private legal documents to use these resources.
Start with the checklist.
My Prepared Life Checklist helps narrow down the areas that may apply to you, then connects you to the tools and guidance that make sense for your current situation.