Chalk me up as another one that really has no fear of death. I've never really thought about why I'm not afraid to die, but now that I've opened this thread, my immediate thoughts are similar to Hack&Lube. I've got no big financial commitments that would be a burden to anybody, I have no kids, I'm single... I guess the thing that would freak me out would be if I had a young family and a mortgage and a wife. Sometimes when I hear on the news about a man dying at the age of 30 or something with a couple of young kids and a widow I feel really bad for that family and the woman in particular.
I bet that would change for me if I was in your (OP) situation with the young family. I agree with FireFly. Get your financial affairs in order. Hopefully you have life insurance on your mortgage so that if you were to croak, your wife would at least have the house clear-title. Probably also a good idea to have the immediate costs of burying you covered as well.
Sounds like simple advice, I guess. Not much you can do beyond that except live life to the fullest so that your wife wouldn't feel awful that you never got to do this or that.
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