Prepare Yourself for Your Divorce by Doing These 3 Things
by Joyce Diaz
By the time you decide that your marriage is over, you may be eager to start the divorce proceedings right away. However, going through a divorce can be a stressful time for you. Before you file for divorce, here are some things to do so you can make things a little easier.
Set a Budget for Yourself
One of the first things to be aware of is that your financial situation may change as a result of your divorce. You need to determine what kind of expenses you will have and how you will live and eat in the future. Sit down and come up with a comprehensive budget that only considers your post-divorce income. This can be hard to do before knowing how much alimony and child support will affect your finances, but working on your financial future right away can give you some idea of what you will be able to afford after your divorce.
Surround Yourself with the Right People
Because divorce can be so painful and upsetting, you may notice that you isolate yourself from friends and family. However, you will need a strong support system while you go through the process. This is especially the case if your confidante used to be your spouse. Lean on supportive, uplifting members of your inner circle during this time and accept help when it is offered. Remember not to spend too much time trashing your spouse with other people. Doing so will only put you in an angry or distressed state and reflect badly on you, which is not particularly helpful for your divorce proceedings or your future.
Make Plans beyond Your Divorce
You may be so focused on what's going wrong in your marriage and divorcing your spouse that you forget about the rest of your life. Take time each day to do something you enjoy and, even better, make plans for what you will do after your divorce is final. Do you want to go away on a trip? Do you want to learn a new skill? Think about what you want to do in the future, and start making plans. That can give you something to look forward to, and you can feel some hope for your life after your marriage is officially dissolved.
If you use the information in this article to help you, you will find yourself more capable of dealing with your divorce. Be sure to talk to a divorce lawyer, like Andrew H. P. Norton, to make certain that you are doing everything in your power to make this as smooth a process as possible.
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Hello. My name is Stephanie Laurel. I have recently been through a divorce, and although I don’t wish it on anyone, I do wish that everyone could come out of the proceedings feeling they have been taken care of. My husband and I had been married twenty-eight years. We have four children, two of which are still under eighteen years of age. We owned the home we lived in and had a vacation home in a different state. We are civilized people, we get along fairly well considering, but no matter how much we thought we could go through the divorce process without lawyers, it wasn't possible. We each hired a divorce attorney to represent us. Most of the negotiations went well, but when we hit a rough spot the attorneys took over. Thank goodness. I’m going to share more about the experience and hope it helps you.