CLEAR Kits
When someone has to step in during an emergency, serious illness, or after a death, they shouldn't have to search through paperwork, accounts, and files to figure out what matters.
The CLEAR Kit gives you a practical way to organize important information, documents, and instructions in one place, so your loved ones know where to begin.
Created by an attorney who's served as an executor.
From $149. Build your own or choose a popular bundle. Personalized kits generally ship within a week.
Shown: CLEAR Kit Expanded for one adult.
Much of it goes to finding out what exists and where it is. Get organized now, so your family has a plan to follow when it matters.
The CLEAR Kit organizes the information your family may one day need, so they know what you have, where to find it, and what to do next.
If they ever need to step in, they won’t have to reconstruct your life from filing cabinets, inboxes, passwords, paperwork, and memory. The CLEAR Kit helps them understand what exists, where to find it, why it matters, and what to do next.
Where’s your will? Who has your power of attorney? What bills are on autopay? Which email account controls everything else? Who takes care of the dog? Where’s the water shutoff?
The CLEAR Kit helps capture the information someone may actually need to step in and manage things.
Your CLEAR Kit arrives with binders, guided tabs, printed worksheets, and the storage case you choose, ready to fill in. Immediate early access to CLEAR Kit Online comes with it, so you can also type into fillable forms and reprint pages.
Fortunately, you don’t need to know what belongs in an estate and life organization system. (That's our job.)
The CLEAR Kit walks you through the documents, accounts, contacts, instructions, decisions, and everyday information worth capturing.
Knowing that an account exists is helpful. Knowing why someone may need it, what they should know about it, and what they may need to do next is much more useful.
That context is a big part of what makes the CLEAR Kit different.
Each section groups related information together, so you can work through one part of your life at a time and the people who may need it later know exactly where to look.
Already have a will, trust, power of attorney, insurance policy, deed, or other important document?
Store a copy in your fire- and water-resistant CLEAR Kit case, and note exactly where the original is kept.
Start with the sections that matter most. Skip what doesn’t apply. Come back to the rest later. When something changes, update the page you need instead of starting over.
Write by hand on the printed worksheets, type into fillable forms online, or use both.
You're unique, just like everyone else.
That's why each CLEAR Kit is personalized for the person or household receiving it, making the system easier to use and truly your own.
The CLEAR Kit is part of Buried in Work’s broader ecosystem, including thousands of free resources, the award-winning No Loose Ends book, and Heirloom & Tell for organizing and sharing important information digitally.
The goal is simple: to keep helping as your life, family, and responsibilities change.
Collected against the CLEAR Kit rather than against a single version.
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How it works
An estate organization system is only useful if you can fill it out and your loved ones can find, access, and understand what you’ve left them.
Pick Essentials or Expanded, for yourself or for you and your spouse or partner.
Write by hand, type into interactive PDFs, or complete your worksheets online. Work through each section at your own pace, with guidance along the way.
Keep your information organized, tell trusted people where to find it, and make sure they know how to access it. Clear sections and guidance help them understand what’s there and what to do next.
Look inside
Explore the tabs and first worksheet page from each section. Each tab explains what to include, why it matters, and when your family may need it, with links to related guidance online. The worksheets help you put that information in one place.
Most companies tell you their system works. We let you look inside and see for yourself.
In both CLEAR Kits.
CLEAR Kit Expanded includes every Essentials section, plus these.
2Important Contacts
The essential sections live in the Core Essentials binder, and the rest in the Expanded binder. Tab images are shown at preview quality; the tabs in your kit are printed and unmarked.
Shown: CLEAR Kit Expanded for two adults.
You could organize everything yourself using folders, loose papers, and a filing cabinet. The CLEAR Kit makes that process easier.
With professionally prepared binders, guided worksheets, organized tabs, and a storage case, you have a system designed to help you gather the information that matters and keep it accessible.
And because the CLEAR Kit is organized around what someone may need first during an emergency, incapacity, or death, your loved ones don't have to guess where to start.
October special
We’re putting the finishing touches on the online version of your worksheets. Your purchase includes early access as it takes shape, plus three years of Buried in Work Online starting at our official launch in January 2027.
Professionally prepared binders, guided tabs, and printed worksheets, personalized for each adult. Start organizing the day it arrives.
Start using CLEAR Kit Online as features roll out: the online forms and tools that are ready now, interactive PDF worksheets, and your Estate & End-of-Life Summary Report, for the sections in your kit.
Buried in Work Online launches in January 2027. Every CLEAR Kit includes three years of membership, with interactive checklists, family collaboration, and more. It starts at launch, so early access doesn't use up any of your time.
Essentials or Expanded
Bundle $199 one adult · $339 two adults
Focuses on the core information, documents, instructions, and contacts your loved ones may need first.
Bundle $299 one adult · $449 two adults
Includes everything in Essentials, plus additional sections covering other important areas of your life, household, property, finances, and personal affairs.
Bundles include the large storage case. Build your own to choose a compact case or no case, and add the book, the card games, a USB drive, or a Kini tamper sensor. Every kit is personalized. Returns within 7 days of delivery.
The thinking behind the CLEAR Kit
The CLEAR Kit’s structure is based on the framework behind No Loose Ends, winner of the 2026 NYC Big Book Award and a 2026 Living Now Gold Medal, with a foreword by the President of the National Funeral Directors Association.
That framework is designed around what someone may need first during an emergency, incapacity or death, not simply how paperwork is traditionally filed.
CLEAR Kits have shipped to customers in all 50 states.
Estate information is not always needed in neat category order. During an emergency, incapacity or death, some information tends to matter sooner than the rest. The CLEAR Kit’s numbered sections are designed around that reality.
Below are answers to the most common questions we receive.
The CLEAR Kit is designed for adults who want to organize the documents, information, and instructions their loved ones or representatives may eventually need.
You do not need to be wealthy, elderly, seriously ill, or finished with your estate planning. The CLEAR Kit can help whether you are starting from scratch or already have documents scattered across filing cabinets, computers, email accounts, and that one drawer everyone avoids.
The CLEAR Kit helps you organize important estate, financial, medical, digital, household, property, family, and end-of-life information.
It covers:
No.
Complete the sections that apply to you and return to the others when they become relevant.
The CLEAR Kit is designed to help you make steady progress, not turn estate organization into a second job.
That depends on the document and your circumstances.
Some people store originals in the CLEAR Kit. Others store originals in a safe, attorney’s office, financial institution, or another secure location and place copies or location instructions in the binder.
The important thing is to make sure your family or representatives know that the document exists and where the original can be found.
You do not need to list every password directly in the CLEAR Kit.
You may instead identify your password manager, explain where access instructions are stored, and document the devices, accounts, authentication methods, and trusted contacts your representatives may need to know about.
Use appropriate care before recording passwords, recovery codes, or other highly sensitive credentials.
No.
The CLEAR Kit is an organization and guidance system. It does not create a will, trust, power of attorney, advance directive, or other legal document.
It is not legal, tax, financial, or medical advice. It may, however, help you identify missing or outdated documents and arrive at a professional’s office considerably more organized.
Essentials covers the core information your loved ones may need first: contacts, legal documents, medical wishes, insurance, benefits, accounts, and digital access. Expanded includes everything in Essentials plus a second binder for the rest of your life: family, dependents, pets, medical history, property, belongings, debts, business interests, and taxes. Compare the two.
Your binders (Essentials, plus Expanded with that kit), guided section tabs, printed worksheets, a Getting Started booklet, notification and access cards, and a key pouch with key tags. Each adult's name is printed on their cover sheet. Bundles include the large fire- and water-resistant storage case; build your own to choose a compact case or none, and to add the book, card games, a USB drive, or a Kini tamper sensor.
Yes. Choose Me and my spouse or partner. Each of you gets your own binders, tabs, and printed worksheets, with your own name on the cover. If you choose a storage case, one case holds both sets. Each of you also gets your own early access to CLEAR Kit Online, so your information stays separate.
Each adult has their own legal documents, accounts, medical information, digital life, wishes, obligations, and instructions.
Keeping each person’s information together makes the CLEAR Kit easier to complete, update, and use. It also avoids forcing couples to sort information into Adult 1, Adult 2, and Shared sections.
The tabs do more than divide the binder.
Each guided section tab explains:
It's not just a divider. It is a roadmap.
The Estate & End-of-Life Summary Report helps you organize the high-level information your loved ones may need first.
It creates a practical starting point while you continue completing the rest of the CLEAR Kit.
The key organization system helps you identify and organize important physical keys your loved ones or representatives may need.
This may include keys for your home, vehicles, safe deposit box, storage unit, mailbox, cabinets, or other secured property.
These cards let trusted people know that you have completed a CLEAR Kit and where it can be found.
You can give them to family members, representatives, or other trusted contacts without giving them immediate access to the contents.
The case is fire and water resistant. It is designed to provide additional protection from common household emergencies.
It should not be described as completely fireproof, waterproof, or indestructible.
Every CLEAR Kit comes with immediate early access to CLEAR Kit Online as features roll out: the online forms and tools that are ready now, interactive PDF worksheets, and your Estate & End-of-Life Summary Report, for the sections in your kit.
Every CLEAR Kit purchased also includes three years of Buried in Work Online, starting when it launches in January 2027. The access code on the cover sheet inside your binder connects your kit to your account.
CLEAR Kit Online is open in early access before Buried in Work Online launches in January 2027. Use the features that are ready today; we're adding tools over the coming months and we'd love your suggestions along the way.
In January 2027, when Buried in Work Online launches. That's true for every CLEAR Kit purchased, so using it early doesn't use up any of your three years.
CLEAR Kit sections connect to related Buried in Work guidance, including articles, checklists, directories, tools, templates, and other resources.
These resources help you understand what to organize, identify potential gaps, and learn what your family or representatives may eventually need to do with the information.
No. Heirloom & Tell is a separate product: a private place for your family's stories, photographs, heirlooms and history. It isn't part of Buried in Work or CLEAR Kit, and it's added to your order only if you choose it. On its own it's $99 for three years. With a CLEAR Kit or a paid Buried in Work purchase, add it for $69. An extra StorySite is $69, and extra hosting is $12 a year.
CLEAR Kits ordered before October 13, 2026 include complimentary limited access.
No.
The CLEAR Kit can be used independently. Heirloom & Tell adds tools for preserving stories, belongings, family history, and other meaningful information.
Yes. Your kit comes with interactive PDF versions of the worksheets and online forms, so you can type your answers, print fresh pages, or write by hand on the printed worksheets. Use whichever works for you.
Yes.
As you work through the CLEAR Kit, you may discover that:
Finding those gaps now is one of the most valuable parts of the process.
Review it at least once a year and whenever something significant changes.
Examples include:
The CLEAR Kit includes guided tabs, worksheets, and access to related Buried in Work resources.
Buried in Work also offers educational materials, courses, and other services that may help with estate organization and end-of-life planning.
Yes.
A CLEAR Kit can be given to a parent, spouse, adult child, friend, client, or another person who would benefit from organizing their information.
Because estate organization can be personal, it often helps to explain that the gift is intended to make life easier for them and the people they care about, not to suggest that anyone is going anywhere soon.
Yes.
Buried in Work offers options for professionals, businesses, employers, financial institutions, law firms, senior communities, and other organizations.
Wholesale, retail, affiliate, and professional programs may also be available.
CLEAR Kits may be returned if you contact us within 7 days of delivery. See the return policy for the full terms.
Each kit is personalized and assembled before it ships. Personalized kits generally ship within a week, and shipping costs are shown at checkout.
You just need a better place to begin.