Casey Liss

My mother insists on having a document with all her passwords in it. And there's nothing you can do about that. And fine, if that system works for her, then that's what works for her. But honestly, I was like, well, what if you lose access to that document? If she's dead, I don't need those passwords. Nobody needs those passwords. I'm not worried about losing those.

My mother insists on having a document with all her passwords in it. And there's nothing you can do about that. And fine, if that system works for her, then that's what works for her. But honestly, I was like, well, what if you lose access to that document? If she's dead, I don't need those passwords. Nobody needs those passwords. I'm not worried about losing those.

So it's really just more of like... I feel like my job is more or less just facilitating their ability to do what they want to do with their computers. And what they want to do with their computers is...

So it's really just more of like... I feel like my job is more or less just facilitating their ability to do what they want to do with their computers. And what they want to do with their computers is...

not the same as what i want to do and in my particular case also does not leave any sort of digital assets that i have to worry about now that said i did make them all set up legacy contacts and set me like i did all the apple things like because why not why not do that like they don't even like because when they when we visit with each other inevitably i well it used to be they would be better about doing them now they're like i don't want to bring my laptop on the plane it's so heavy they just want to bring their ipad and their phone right and their laptops are not heavy

not the same as what i want to do and in my particular case also does not leave any sort of digital assets that i have to worry about now that said i did make them all set up legacy contacts and set me like i did all the apple things like because why not why not do that like they don't even like because when they when we visit with each other inevitably i well it used to be they would be better about doing them now they're like i don't want to bring my laptop on the plane it's so heavy they just want to bring their ipad and their phone right and their laptops are not heavy

But anyway, like they used to bring all their tech products. And part of us meeting was like, here, John, here's all the tech products. And they would, my mom would make a list and notes and say, here's all the problems I'm having with my computers. And we just go through them one at a time. I can't get this to work. Why does this thing do this? I want to do this. I want to do that or whatever.

But anyway, like they used to bring all their tech products. And part of us meeting was like, here, John, here's all the tech products. And they would, my mom would make a list and notes and say, here's all the problems I'm having with my computers. And we just go through them one at a time. I can't get this to work. Why does this thing do this? I want to do this. I want to do that or whatever.

And we always just go through all those and I fix all their computer problems and I let them go back and do what they want to do. But trying to sort of impose like, oh, everyone needs to use one password or we all need to be in the same Apple family or like,

And we always just go through all those and I fix all their computer problems and I let them go back and do what they want to do. But trying to sort of impose like, oh, everyone needs to use one password or we all need to be in the same Apple family or like,

If they're up for that, if your relatives are up for that, fine, but mine aren't, and honestly, I wouldn't want them included in my Apple family because that's just a complication that I don't need to deal with personally. We should really just keep those things separate.

If they're up for that, if your relatives are up for that, fine, but mine aren't, and honestly, I wouldn't want them included in my Apple family because that's just a complication that I don't need to deal with personally. We should really just keep those things separate.

But yeah, I help them with what they need help with, and I make sure that they're able to live their life and do their computer stuff Uh, and I think, you know, my parents are kind of like this with their belongings. They're already trying to like give away their old, you know, photo albums of us as kids, like physical photo albums of us as kids.

But yeah, I help them with what they need help with, and I make sure that they're able to live their life and do their computer stuff Uh, and I think, you know, my parents are kind of like this with their belongings. They're already trying to like give away their old, you know, photo albums of us as kids, like physical photo albums of us as kids.

Cause they don't even want to deal with those anymore. Right. Uh, so they're pretty good about dispersing their stuff. And, uh, Honestly, I would be shocked if they had more than like 10,000 photos in their libraries and how many of those are actually good is even probably even smaller. Now, I think those are valuable photos on vacations with themselves. Like we don't have those pictures.

Cause they don't even want to deal with those anymore. Right. Uh, so they're pretty good about dispersing their stuff. And, uh, Honestly, I would be shocked if they had more than like 10,000 photos in their libraries and how many of those are actually good is even probably even smaller. Now, I think those are valuable photos on vacations with themselves. Like we don't have those pictures.

Sometimes they send them to us like, oh, we're on vacation. Here we are in Florida. Look at us on this beach or whatever. Right. And presumably they have some of those, but they're just not big picture takers and they don't collect them and they don't they don't really do anything with them. So if I lose access to all of that, which I won't because I'm their legacy contact.

Sometimes they send them to us like, oh, we're on vacation. Here we are in Florida. Look at us on this beach or whatever. Right. And presumably they have some of those, but they're just not big picture takers and they don't collect them and they don't they don't really do anything with them. So if I lose access to all of that, which I won't because I'm their legacy contact.

But if I did, it wouldn't be that big of a deal. So. Yeah, I think Marco was getting at the heart of it, which is like, you've got to figure out like what these people actually need from you, not what you think they should be doing with computers. And that really clarifies your role in all of this.

But if I did, it wouldn't be that big of a deal. So. Yeah, I think Marco was getting at the heart of it, which is like, you've got to figure out like what these people actually need from you, not what you think they should be doing with computers. And that really clarifies your role in all of this.