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

Chanel Reynolds founded Get Your Shit Together in 2013 to help people be more prepared when life goes sideways. Her ‘Get Started’ Checklist and free templates were quickly downloaded over a million times. She co-founded GYST.com in 2015 to provide a resource to get your wills, living wills, important documents and details ‘all in one place’, and is the author of What Matters Most: The Get Your Shit Guide to Wills, Money, Insurance and Life’s “What-Ifs.” Her story has been featured in:

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!

How I Got My Shit Together

July 26, 2018

There are a few simple things I wish I had taken care of before my life went sideways – like a will, life insurance, and some details jotted down. Before On July 17, 2009, my husband José Hernando was hit by a van while riding his bike down a pretty road near the lake, a … More How I Got My Shit Together

Video How-To’s to Get Your Life Together

September 21, 2016

1) Your Money. New York Times columnist Ron Lieber asks how people can prepare their financial lives for the unexpected. 2) Quality of Life. What does it mean to you? What is your line? Can you describe it?

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...