True Notes: Leaving the Words That Matter to the People Who Matter

The Letter You Always Meant to Write

Most of us have at least one. A letter to a child explaining something you've never quite managed to say face to face. Instructions for a wish that only one person should know about. Something you'd want a close friend to read after you're gone. Not necessarily something heavy. Sometimes it's just a story, an acknowledgment, a piece of context that only you can give.

These things live in people's heads for years. Some make it to a notepad. Fewer make it somewhere they will actually be found.

What Happens to the Messages We Mean to Leave

The situation most people find themselves in is this: the person who has passed had things they wanted to say. People they wanted to leave a private thought for. Instructions or wishes they had never found a proper way to record.

Here is what usually happens instead:

1. Nothing is written down at all. The intention is there, sometimes very clearly. The right words never get captured. The moment passes, and then time runs passes by.
2. ‍Something is written but never found. A letter in a drawer. A note on a computer nobody thinks to look at. Documents stored somewhere private that remain private long after they should have been found and read.
3. ‍It stays unshared because there is no private way to pass it on. Some wishes or instructions are meant for one person only. The kind you would never write where others might find them, or say out loud in case word got around. Without a safe and private way to pass them on, they often go unspoken entirely.

 None of these do justice to what the person wanted to say, or to the person they wanted to say it to.

What Makes This So Hard

The problem is not a lack of intention. Most people have plenty of that. The challenge is that there has never been a simple, private, secure way to leave a personal message to a specific person, held safely until the right moment.

A will is a legal document. A physical letter can be lost, opened too early, or simply never found. An email sits in a folder until someone thinks to look for it. Verbal instructions depend on the person receiving them to remember accurately, and to still be there when the time comes.

What was missing was a way to leave something private to someone specific: held securely, released at the right moment, and seen only by the intended person.

Introducing adeus True Notes

adeus True Notes is a new feature in the adeus Digital Vault, built to fill exactly that gap.

It lets you create a private, sealed record for any document, file, or personal message you would like to leave to a specific person. Think of each True Note as a sealed letter in an envelope. Only the person it is meant for will ever receive and open it.

What each True Note includes

When you create a True Note, you will be asked to provide:

•  A title or description: so you can easily identify the note within your account

•  The recipient: the named individual you would like to receive it

•  A personal message: your own words, written directly to them

•  A document or file: uploaded and stored securely as part of the True Note

You can use True Notes for almost anything that can be captured in a document or file: a letter to a family member, instructions for a specific wish or arrangement, important information you want one person to have, or simply something you would like someone to read after you are gone.

There is no limit to the number of True Notes you can create, so different notes can go to different people, covering as many messages or wishes as you like. Once created, your True Note is securely sealed and stored within your adeus account. Nobody else can see it. It stays exactly as you left it until the time is right.

How True Notes Are Delivered

Your True Notes are delivered privately and automatically. When the adeus team confirms that you have passed, through receipt of a death certificate, each recipient receives a secure email containing a single-use private link to access and download their note. The link works only for that person, and only once.

No one else sees the contents. No one else knows it was sent. The note goes directly to the person it was always meant for.

How Secure Is It?

adeus True Notes is built on Smart Contract technology. Once your True Note is created, the record of it is secure, private, and tamper-proof. No one can alter or access the contents.

True Notes provides an immutable record (meaning it cannot be tampered with). When the person you wrote to opens their note, they can be certain that every word is exactly as you left it, unchanged. For a message this personal, that is what gives it its full weight.

You Do Not Need a Will to Get Started

True Notes is available to anyone with a paid adeus subscription, on either the Premium or Legacy plan. You do not need to have written a will to leave a True Note.

It is not a legal document in the same way a will is, but for many people that is not the point. Some of the most important things we want to leave behind are not instructions about money or property. They are words. Context. Things said privately to the people who matter most.

And if you don't already have a Will, when you are ready to write yours, adeus guides you through it step by step. Your True Notes sit along side your Will, part of the complete picture you leave behind.

Getting Started

Creating a True Note is simple. The process is fully guided, with straightforward questions walking you through each step. Most people complete a True Note in just a few minutes.

Like everything in adeus, it is designed to be intuitive. No legal knowledge or technical experience needed.

True Notes is included in all paid adeus plans. You can create as many as you like, for as many different people. They are stored securely and f you want to update a note or remove it entirely, you can do so whenever you like.

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