My grandmother long ago made up her will of who got what, and then when she was through with it she told all of her children and grand children to write in her notebook which items not already spoken for they wanted when she no longer needed them. When was ready to move into her assisted living facility she got out her will and notebook and distributed everything she wasn't taking there with her and got rid of the rest. Compared to my other grandparents where it was a giant fiasco and almost nothing documentedas to how it was to be distributed and accusations and mistrust it sowed amongst my father and his siblings, I can say for certain its far better to be organized.