After having gone through all that needs to be managed after a death, you may feel compelled to create your own end-of-life plan, or help with someone else's.

The tasks required to create these plans vary depending upon the person, their life stage, and their circumstance.

But completing any of the steps in this process will help a surviving family and an Executor in the future who may help manage life after death.

Some tasks are simple, just items to organize and catalog; others, require service professionals such as lawyers and accountants.

Review the steps in this checklist to help identify how to make arrangements.