PRINTABLE CHECKLISTS
Because grief brain can't remember shit. Print these, tape them to your fridge, check things off.
Grief brain is real. It steals your short-term memory, your ability to make decisions, and your capacity to remember whether you ate today. These checklists exist because sometimes you need someone to just tell you what to do next.
Print them out. Stick them on the fridge. Hand them to whoever is helping you. Check things off. That tiny hit of accomplishment from crossing something off a list? You deserve that.
First Week Survival Checklist
The first week after a loss is a blur. This checklist covers the absolute essentials: who to call, what decisions can wait, how to feed yourself, and what to say when people ask what they can do. It won't make the first week easy — nothing can — but it gives you a list to follow when your brain can't make one.
Includes: Immediate phone calls to make, decisions that can wait, what to delegate, basic self-care reminders, a "what to say to people" cheat sheet.
Death Paperwork Checklist
Nobody warns you about the bureaucratic nightmare that follows a death. This checklist walks you through the paperwork: death certificates (get more than you think), Social Security notification, bank accounts, insurance claims, subscriptions, and all the other administrative hell that lands on your desk when you can barely function.
Includes: How many death certificates to order, agencies to notify, financial accounts to address, subscriptions to cancel, mail to redirect, and a timeline for what's urgent vs. what can wait.
Self-Care Bare Minimum
This isn't a "treat yourself" checklist. This is the bare minimum: did you drink water, did you eat something, did you sleep. When grief has you on the floor, these are the non-negotiables. Low bar on purpose, because some days getting out of bed is a victory and you need a checklist that reflects that.
Includes: Daily basics (water, food, meds, hygiene), weekly basics (leave the house, talk to one person, move your body for 5 minutes), and permission slips for the things you think you "should" be doing but absolutely don't have to.
Holiday Survival Plan
The first holiday season after a loss is brutal. The second one isn't much better. This checklist helps you make a plan before the holidays hit — because making decisions in the middle of a grief spiral at Thanksgiving dinner is not a plan. Covers what to do about traditions, how to set boundaries, and exit strategies for when it all becomes too much.
Includes: Pre-holiday planning prompts, boundary-setting scripts, tradition audit (keep, modify, or skip), exit strategy templates, and a "things people might say and how to respond" guide.
Conversation Scripts Card
A wallet-sized (printable) card with go-to responses for the most common grief conversations. Keep it in your pocket, pull it out in the bathroom before you go back to the family gathering, or screenshot it on your phone. Sometimes you just need the words handed to you.
Includes: Responses for "How are you?", "Are you over it yet?", "Everything happens for a reason", "They're in a better place", asking for help, and setting boundaries — all in a compact, printable format.
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