Week 4 of the “Facts of Life” Book Challenge — Education and Training Records

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Welcome back to week 4 of the now officially renamed “Facts of Life Book” Challenge. Over the course of about the last 20 weeks of 2022, I’m pulling together all of the important, but often not urgent, documentation that you need for life — and you often need that information urgently at a time when you’re panicked or stressed. So, pulling it together now will hopefully minimize stress in the future. If you’ve missed any week in the series, no worries — the order isn’t really that important. You can check the index here to see all of the articles in the series as they are published.

Checking in From Last Week — Your Passwords and Capturing Your Wallet

So, how did you come with setting up a process for storing passwords last week? I got a few questions across different platforms that I thought I’d address here.

Do you have reservations about storing financial institution or other really important stuff digitally?

I don’t — but I thought I should also talk about my monitoring strategy for financial accounts. When I open any new account at any bank or financial institution, I immediately go to the notification settings for that account. I set up alerts for any spending or any transfer of any…