The Widow's Playbook: Checklists, Scripts, and Tools for Your First Year Alone

You don't have to decide everything right now. In the weeks after losing your spouse, you're handed a mountain of paperwork, benefit forms, and pressure from well-meaning people telling you what to do - with no map of what's urgent and what can wait. The Widow's Playbook is the practical, judgment-free operations manual for your first year alone. Not a grief memoir - a step-by-step system for the calls, claims, and decisions ahead.- A day-by-day sequence from the first 72 hours to your first solo budget- The Do-Not-Decide List that protects you from rushed, irreversible choices- Word-for-word scripts for every hard call, from Social Security to pushy salespeople- 24 printable tools, trackers, and checklists you can use immediately- Plain-English guides to probate, taxes, and survivor benefitsMove from overwhelmed to steady, one step at a time. Start with page one - the rest of the year is already mapped out for you.