"We can only guess whether she was denying herself deliberately to give a larger gift to others (which would indeed be generous) or **whether she was just living on autopilot**, with her beneficiaries getting whatever was left (which would not be generous). Why? Well, **once you’re dead, the transfer of your assets is legally enforced**, and the only say you have in the matter (through your will, obviously created before you die) is where those assets get transferred. But your money is taken no matter what—so how can that be generous?" ([Location 1232](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07T5LSF1J&location=1232)) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[essentialism]] , [[personal-values]] , [[time-value-of-spending]] **Source** -- [[202408061202 - B - Die With Zero]]