sysdharma's recent post has really gotten me thinking[1]. I
have thought a lot about preparedness over the years, and
I've even acted a little on those thoughts, but I really
have never considered what it might mean to be functioning
but unable to recall important things such as passwords.

I have almost no plan at all for that potential event. And 
it just drives me nuts that I've never even considered it.

Since there's no time like the present, I decided I'm going
to take this opportunity that has been given me via gopher
and come up with some kind of simple plan. The rough
outline (which will serve as the actual plan if I never go
any further) is below:

1. Make sure that my wife has access to all of my passwords,
accounts, and important documents. We both use "KeePass,"
and we both have the other's master password stored in our
own KeePass database, so this is mostly done. In the case of
a problem, either one of us can get help from the other.
There is still the matter of important documents, but I
*think* that they're all stored in a place where either one
of us can access them easily. I will have to verify that is
actually the case. Another improvement I could make in the
KeePass area is to put in additional instructions and
information in the notes section of each entry, so my wife
can actually know *how* to access things if necessary.

2. Audit all of my stored/encrypted passwords and accounts.
Sure I saved them, but things change. I should probably go
through and audit everything to make sure it's updated, and
fix any errors, reset any passwords that need it, delete/
prune accounts, etc. This probably ought to be a regular
thing.

3. Create a list of things I would want someone to do for me
if I was suddenly unable to function fully. I don't really
know what would be on this list. Maybe, at the very least,
a list of people that I would want contacted on my behalf.
As a stretch goal, it would be kind of cool if my wife could
post to bboard on sdf and gopher.

4. Perhaps communicate with myself a bit via a letter, or
journal entry, or something. I'm not sure what I'd tell
myself, or if I'd believe my past self anyway. I haven't
really thought this through much.

That's all that comes to mind for me, I'm not sure if there
are any resources for this kind of thing out there already,
that may be worth researching.

[1] gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/sysdharma/phlog/./2018.02.20