Digital Life, After Life

Apr 14, 2025
Purple Flower

Your digital life is vast — email accounts, photos, social media, cloud storage, streaming subscriptions, and sometimes, even cryptocurrency wallets. Yet few of us pause to ask: What happens to all this when I’m gone? Who has access? Who should?

We plan our estates, draft wills, and prepare bank transfers — but we often leave our online identities unspoken for. The result? Loved ones locked out, memories lost, and digital ghosts that linger without guidance.

The good news: this is easier to address than most people think.

Start with a simple inventory — what accounts you have, where they live, and what matters most. Decide who you trust to access them. Store your instructions securely. Don’t forget passwords, PINs, or recovery methods. And above all, state your intentions: should accounts be memorialized, deleted, or archived?

The Good Death Playbook includes tools and templates to help you organize your digital life with care and foresight. It’s not just about tech hygiene — it’s about preserving identity, avoiding digital chaos, and making sure nothing meaningful disappears into the cloud.

Your digital life is part of your legacy. Plan for it with the same love you bring to everything else.