Plan for the first weeks after a separation
A simple plan for the period when there is no strength for deciding — what happens when, who is where, what can wait.
What it’s for
The first weeks after a separation are overwhelming, and decisions pile up. A plan made in a calmer moment prevents you from taking them at the worst possible time.
What to write
- Housing and money for the next month — only a month, not a year.
- The children: where and when, what you’ll tell them and when.
- Who you tell and what you don’t tell yet.
- What waits — legally, practically, emotionally. The list of postponed things matters just as much.
- Two people you may call at eleven at night.
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See also
Time-out card
An agreed signal and rules for a pause, settled by the couple before they need them.
Map of your triggers
An inventory of the situations that throw you, together with early signs and what helps.
Telling a child about a separation
What you say, how, and what you don't — prepared in advance and agreed between the parents.
