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Where things are: a sheet for the person who would need to find them
If you were in the hospital tomorrow, away for a month, or could not speak for yourself, would someone know who to call, where your papers are and which bills are due? Write one line for each thing: what it is, and where it is kept or who has it. The page sorts the lines and prints one sheet to hand to a person you trust. For yourself, or for someone you help.
Good to know
What this page can’t do
- It is not a will, and not any other legal paper. It gives nobody permission to act for you, to open an account or to decide anything. It only says where things are.
- It is not a password manager and not a safe. What you type is kept as plain text in this browser.
- It sends nothing to anyone. The person it is for only gets it if you hand it to them or tell them where it is.
- It does not know when a thing moves. The date on a line is the day you last saved it or pressed “Still right”.
- It does not move to another phone or computer by itself. Print it, download it, or use My data on this device to carry a backup across.
How the page works
- Each line has a kind, a name, and where it is or who has it. The grey buttons under the name are ideas only; press one to use it, or type your own.
- Step 2 shows every line by kind. A line last checked more than a year ago is marked, nothing more.
- The sheet in step 3 leaves out any kind with no lines.
- A line that holds nine digits written like a Social Security number, or thirteen or more digits in a row, is refused. Phone numbers are fine.
Things people often find helpful
- Start with three lines: the first person to call, where your ID is, and where your keys are. Add the rest another day.
- Write for someone who has never opened your drawers: “blue box on the top shelf of the bedroom closet”, not “the usual place”.
- Tell the person the sheet exists, and where the paper copy is.
- Look it over when something changes: a move, a new bank, a new phone.
These are everyday ideas in our own words, not legal or financial advice. If one does not suit you, leave it out.
The paper is a map
The printed sheet shows where your papers, keys and money are kept, so it is worth as much care as the things themselves. Give it only to someone you trust, and think about who else could pick it up. The same goes for a copy pasted into a message or a file saved on a shared computer. If someone is pressing you to tell them where your papers or your money are, you do not have to make this sheet for them; see the scam check and help when you are getting older.
Guides and tools that go with this
- My emergency card: a wallet card with who to call and what responders need to know.
- My medicines: the list itself, to print for a doctor or a carer.
- Bills this month: what comes in, what is due, what is left.
- Psychiatric advance directive: your wishes for a mental health crisis, written while you are well.
- Lost your ID or your papers: how to replace them.
- Looking after someone, getting older and after a death.
- Legal help when you can’t pay a lawyer, for a will or any paper that has to stand up.
- Save these tools on your phone so they open without a signal.
The tool and its wording were written with AI (Claude) for Scarlet Beast (our AI policy). It was not reviewed by a lawyer or a financial professional. Also in Spanish: Dónde están las cosas; both pages keep the same sheet on this device. The sheet holds up to 500 lines and keeps them until you delete them. Found a mistake? Email [email protected].