Phase 5: The Long Middle
Get through the part where the initial crisis is over but the marriage still isn’t fully untangled. Finish the property and digital-life split, get through the first tax season, and work out what moving actually costs before it becomes another emergency.
Phase 6: Building the New Normal
Make the new routine work in real life. Track co-parenting communication without living inside it, check whether the money still works six months in, and build systems for the weeks where you’re doing the parenting on your own.
Phase 7: Looking Up
Take stock of the life you’re building with a dating readiness reflection, solo credit and financial independence, and the year-one review.
Add this if you already know you don’t want to hit month four and suddenly find yourself back on Google working out the next stage from scratch. The first Roadmap gets you through the crisis stretch. This one helps you build the life that comes after it.