There are many reasons why one should plan their own funeral, some of which include having a metaphysical sense of humor. After all, besides being born and that icky stuff in between called life, a funeral is your literal going away party.

Instead of being callous and sad at the thought of your own demise, settle into the notion and have your funeral prepared the way you think it should be prepared.

Make it a multimedia extravaganza of all the photos, paintings, drawings, rewards, awards, anything that represents you and what you were about.

Have an auction for some of the things you have not willed away.

Have a pie eating contest.

Make sure that everyone dresses how you want them to. (Personally, I think people should dress casually or as either a clown or a mime. A hint as to who is which can be that the ones not crying are mimes, and the ones not laughing are mimes too.)

Make sure people suffer through the music you liked, the images you loved, and make them eat the foods you ate. If you were a smoker, make them smoke one in memory of you. If you were a vegetarian, make them eat vegetarian meals.

Make sure you pick a location that you spent some time in. A place where those who loved you affiliate you with. That is where you should have most of the funeral ceremonies.

Aside from these things, you should seriously have money saved for your burial and a burial site chosen. You should pick out your casket and what attire you would like to be placed in, and you should get all the financial estimates for the costs so that when that time arrives you are ready.

Also, you should have a will established so that your family and friends do not fight over what you leave behind.

In addition to all of this, make sure that your insurance and other financial issues are all in order. Establish this, and make sure that you keep tabs in where you are, what you have saved, who gets what, and whether or not you and your loved ones will be buried next to each other.

Certainly, some may think I have taken death in jest, but having had a great deal of loved ones already pass on before me, and some at such a young age it staggered my mind, I think that we should exhibit joy and love to the departed as though they were alive, because it was there living presence that captivated us.
So planning how you want people to experience your funeral and having the money saved are the best things to do when planning your own funeral. Leave your mark on the world, let them see you even when you are gone.