Many of us begin the new year by resolving to do better than we did in the past year. This blog post isn’t for you who are recently bereaved but for those who are down that road a little way, for those who are learning to be single. When we are just putting ourselves together … Read More
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What is the one thing I need to attend to right now?
“I am rather like a mosquito in a nudist camp; I know what I want to do, but I don’t know where to begin.” ― David Allen (Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity) Grief is paralyzing. You know you need to do something but you are too overwhelmed to do anything more than sit … Read More
Managing Money on Your Own – The First Steps
In my last post, I discussed the benefits of having a financial “buddy” to help you over the 12 to 18 months following the death of your spouse. I highly recommend finding someone you trust to help you carry out some of the financial decisions that you’re going to have to make during that time. … Read More
The Three Point To-do List
“He was swimming in a sea of other people’s expectations. Men had drowned in seas like that.” ― Robert Jordan, New Spring Whether the expectations are yours or other people’s, grief always includes things to do and things left undone. And, although Robert Jordan uses the pronoun he, drowning in a sea of expectations is NEVER … Read More