Get Your Shit Together

What Matters Most. Because hoping for the best is not a plan.

Get Your Shit Together

Founded by Chanel Reynolds
Author of What Matters Most
Co-founder of GYST.com

Life Goes Sideways

I founded Get Your Shit Together in 2013 to help people complete end-of-life planning like wills, living wills and advance care directives, wrangling your money and getting the right insurance to be less vulnerable and more prepared. I sure wasn’t when my husband was killed in an accident and it made an impossible time even harder. What can help before and after the ‘shit hits the fan’ is in my new book, What Matters Most: The Get Your Shit Guide to Wills, Money, Insurance and Life’s “What-Ifs”.

New York Times Feature: ‘What Matters Most’ about Money

March 4, 2019

The Power of Raw, Honest Stories About Money. So, it’s not every day (or even year) you can say you’ve been quoted in the New York Times – and I even got to say, “whitey-tighty”, “systems of oppression”, and “none-thousand dollars.” It was an honor to sit at the table with Gaby Dunn, Vicki Robin … More New York Times Feature: ‘What Matters Most’ about Money

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Book News! What Matters Most: The Get Your Shit Together Guide to Wills, Money, Insurance and Life’s “What-Ifs” is here!

November 15, 2018

I am so thrilled to announce my first book, WHAT MATTERS MOST: The Get Your Shit Together Guide to Wills, Money, Insurance and Life’s “What-If’s” is finally here! Not only the biggest, most essential guide to getting your shit together – is it the cumulative labor of love I’ve been working on for years. Years, my friends. It is the book I wanted to write. I hope it is the book you want to read, buy and share. It will be on the shelves on March 19th, but is available for pre-order now! … More Book News! What Matters Most: The Get Your Shit Together Guide to Wills, Money, Insurance and Life’s “What-Ifs” is here!

In her new book What Matters Most, Chanel Reynolds, founder of Get Your Shit Together, tells readers everything they need to know to prepare for when life goes sideways.

On July 17, 2009, Chanel Reynolds ‘got the call’ we all fear: her young, athletic husband, José, had been struck by a van while cycling. One week later she removed him from medical support and drove home to tell their five-year old son. In the wake of his sudden death, Reynolds realized that she was completely unprepared for what came next.

Simply put, she quickly learned she did not have her shit together—and when it comes to preparing for life’s eventualities or “what ifs,” it turns out that most of us don’t, either. Read more...