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HEALTH & WEALTH
Mountain Views News Saturday, November 28, 2015
THE JOY OF YOGA
It’s the Most Wonderful
Time of the Year!
You are cordially invited to join us in
celebrating the
joyous Holiday Season at our
Holiday Open House!
Admire the beauty of the colorful
decorations as you sample traditional
holiday hors d’oeuvres and beverages.
Catch the holiday spirit as you listen
to the sounds of the season with
special entertainment.
Stay a while and get to know the residents,
families and staff — see why they call our
Community “home.”
Saturday, December 5, 2015
11:00 a.m.—2:00p.m.
8417 Mission Drive
Rosemead, CA 91770
(626) 287-0438
Lic 198601803, 198601804
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A DAILY GRATITUDE PRACTICE
“Gratitude is an
opener of locked-up
blessings.
” Marianne Williamson
Yes, indeed! Gratitude not only enriches our
lives but the people around us reap the benefits too.
People respond and gravitate to the person who is
grateful. Good health follows gratitude as well.
It is an all natural boost to the immune system.
The ‘filled up’ feeling permeates our emotional
disposition and replenishes and rejuvenates our
energetic body. We are stronger.
So how do we ‘get grateful’? How can this feeling
become a more permanent part of who we are and
not a temporary feeling? A daily gratitude practice
is how. Here are my top three ways to stay grateful:
1. Keep a gratitude journal or make a gratitude
list. When we feel the world has cut us short in
some way, we need to recall all the positives in our
life. Most of us have so many things and people to
be grateful for, we cannot even record them all in
one sitting. Each day we may appreciate something
new or surprisingly, appreciate the seemingly bad.
2. Write those thank you notes. And mail them.
So much communication is done electronically,
a ‘like’ on Facebook, emails, text messages.
There’s no substitute for a received- in-the-mail
handwritten thank you note.
3. Give back. How much has been freely given to
you? Go back to the attitude of giving for fun and
for free...it can change your entire outlook.
People who are grateful take better care of
themselves. On that note, hope to see you in class!
Namaste and love,
Keely Totten
BUSINESS NEWS & TRENDS
FAMILY MATTERS By Marc Garlett
THE FINAL LOG-OFF:
WHAT HAPPENS TO OUR
DATA WHEN WE DIE?
Take a moment and consider how much of your life you
live online. If you are like me, you bank, pay bills, make
purchases, connect with friends, and conduct business
online (in fact, I even met my wife online)! Now think
about all the digital assets you have accumulated - account
information, passwords, emails, photos, videos, etc. But
what happens to all of it when we die?
Since you will not be around anymore, you may not care.
But chances are good your loved ones will. There have been
many stories of families trying to get access to a deceased
family member’s photos and emails on social media sites -
in fact, there have been so many requests that most of these
sites now have policies in place for family to gain access or
deactivate online accounts:
Google. Google features an Inactive Account Manager,
which allows users to choose to name a beneficiary for
their online account activity on all Google sites (which
includes YouTube) or to delete it after a set amount of time
passes during which the account is inactive.
Facebook. Facebook allows family members to request
that a decedent’s account be deleted or provides them with
an option to “memorialize” the decedent’s page so it stays
up, but is essentially frozen in time. Facebook requires you
to provide a death certificate or a published obituary to
accomplish this.
LinkedIn. LinkedIn provides an online form to remove
a deceased member’s profile page from the site. You will
need to furnish the member’s name, email address, the
URL to their LinkedIn profile and some other information
as well as a link to their online obituary.
Twitter. You must email Twitter a request to delete the
account of a family member who has passed and mail
them a copy of the death certificate, the obituary as well
as a copy of your ID and proof that the decedent owned
the account if his or her Twitter handle is different from
their given name.
Yahoo. You can have an account deleted by providing
Yahoo with paper copies of the death certificate and the
document appointing you are the executor of the estate
or personal representative of the deceased along with
a letter furnishing the Yahoo ID of the decedent and
your request that the account be deleted. Yahoo will not
transfer or preserve any data in the account.
But why make your loved ones jump through hoops
to deal with your digital assets? You can take care of it
yourself with these three simple steps:
List all your digital assets. You may already have a
list of all your online accounts and passwords (who can
remember them all?) so you’re halfway there. Add to that
a list of documents on your computer as well as photos
and other data that may be stored on backup or flash
drives.
Decide to keep or delete. Not everyone wants their
family to have access to all their digital files, so review
your list and decide which files are worth preserving and
which ones can be deleted. Then tell your family.
Designate a digital executor. If you have already named
an executor in your estate plan, you may want the same
person to handle the disposition of your digital assets. If
not, then designate someone in your will to handle this
task. Do NOT include your accounts and passwords in
your will! A will is a public document and this private
information can easily be stolen.
To talk about digital asset protection or estate
planning in general, call our office today. As the holiday
season approaches, there really is no better gift you can
give yourself and your family.
Dedicated to your family’s wealth, health, and
happiness,
A local attorney and
father, Marc Garlett is on a mission to help parents
protect what they love most. His office is located at 49 S.
Baldwin Ave., Ste. G, Sierra Madre, CA 91024. Schedule
an appointment to sit down and talk about ensuring a
legacy of love and financial security for your family by
calling 626.355.4000 or visit www.GarlettLaw.com for
more information.
Deliciously Simple Marketing Recipe for the
Holidays
Here is the basic recipe:
1. Prepare a game plan. Know what you
want to offer; a coupon, a discount, a special
event but it must have value to your audience.
2. Target the audience. What does your
ideal customer looks like? Where do they
‘hang out’ on line the channels they frequent
(Facebook, Twitter, Istagram, etc.)
3. Choose the channels of communication.
Email Marketing is a great way to target your
current customers and prospects. Social media
is a useful media for building your brand
awareness, Advertising on Facebook can be a
powerful tool to drive new business. Maybe a
printed piece can be sent. How will you get the
message out there?
4. Create the campaign. Find relevant
images and or videos that will support your
message. Craft you copy, be creative. How you
say something can make a difference.
5. Create a delivery schedule. Take a look
at a blank December calendar and look for
opportunities to deliver your message.
6. Execute the campaign Press SEND,
spend some money on Facebook ads to extend
your ready, inform your staff of how they need to
re-post your social media messages, get the ball
rolling and keep it rolling.
About MJ: MJ and her brother David own HUTdogs, a
creative services business that helps their clients build
a strong on-line presence. “Like” them on Facebook for
trending news in social media, internet marketing and
other helpful tips, www.facebook.com/hutdogs.
Sign up for their upcoming workshops at: www.
hutdogs.com/workshops/schedule
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