Andrew Crowell is a financial advisor. One of his clients and their friend have a pact: Whoever dies first, the other promises to burn their personal journals before family or friends can read them.
It may seem like a dramatic plan for someone with nothing to hide, but Crowell, who is vice chairman of wealth management at D.A. Davidson, says it gives the client peace of mind. Though they swear there are no life-altering secrets hidden in the journal's pages, they also doesn't necessarily want their family reading it and getting the wrong idea about anything—especially when they won't be there to defend themselves or clear up any miscommunications.
