We only really get one certain thing in life and that is death. It sounds pretty morbid to talk about, but it’s the one thing that all humans and all living things have in common. There is no if, there is no but, there is no maybe. We may not know how, and we may not know when, but we all know it’s happening at some stage. If you have a practical mind, the one thing you might want to do is plan this properly. No, we don’t mean planning for your actual death, but we do mean planning for what comes after that. Whether you want to be cremated, whether you want to have a burial, whether you want to have a wake with fanfare and bells and whistles – all of this is within your control, but only if you plan it early.

From knowing the right cremation services to knowing how to plan a headstone, you have to be ready for that. You want to be able to have a say on what happens at the end of your life and even though you may trust your family to give you these things, planning in advance properly and legally will help you to know for sure that this is what will happen when you die. You deserve to have a ceremony that you want, and by doing so you can feel more at peace about where your soul is going next. Here are four great reasons that you should pre-plan your funeral.

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1. Easing the pain. One of the best reasons that you should look up planning your funeral yourself is that you are going to ease the pain for your loved ones. You are going to be missed when you die, and the people around you are not gonna be in any fit state to help to plan a funeral for you. If you do this in advance, you enable your people around you to grieve. You can feel confident that the plan is already in place and paid for so they don’t have the burden.
2. You will bring financial security to others. If you have planned the funeral right down to the food you would like at the wake afterwards, all of the financial decisions are squared away. Your friends and family are not going to have to pay for the funeral, because you’ve already handled all of that. Others may not have enough money to pay for a funeral particularly if your death is unexpected. You can avoid that and pay for your funeral in advance. Planning can be difficult, but with the help of extra resources, your loved ones won’t have to go through the stress themselves.
3. Removing the fear. Most of the time, people fear death because they fear the unexpected. They don’t know when it’s going to happen, they don’t know where it’s going to happen and that means there is no control in any of the decision-making along the way. You may not be able to control how you die but you can control how you are buried and how you rest.
4. Doing it your way. When you pre-plan your funeral, it’s going to be a true reflection of you and your personality. No one else can stop that from happening.