The Unfinished List:
Gentle Guidance for What Comes Next
From urgent first steps to planning a meaningful celebration of life, we help you move forward with more clarity and less overwhelm.
The 72-Hour Checklist is the beginning. When you’re ready, The Unfinished List helps you with the next part — honoring your loved one’s life in a way that feels personal and true.
The First 72 Hours:
What to Do After a Loss
When someone you love is gone, the early days are a blur of phone calls, paperwork, and impossible decisions. The 72-Hour Checklist doesn’t fix the hard parts, but it gives you one clear place to begin.
Inside, you'll find:
✔ What to do first — and what can wait
✔ Practical steps for the first 1–3 days
✔ Gentle reminders to pause and breathe
✔ Links to more support if you need it
When You’re Ready to Plan the Goodbye
The checklist helps you manage urgent decisions. But when the paperwork is behind you, there’s still a harder question:
How do you honor the life that was lived?
That’s where The Unfinished List steps in. We offer services to help you create a memorial that feels personal, meaningful, and true:
Memorial Mapping Session – A focused call to bring clarity and outline next steps.
Custom Celebration Outline – A tailored program that captures your loved one’s story and values.
Designed + Done Experience – Complete support to plan and design the day, so you don’t carry it all alone.
Is This What You’re Feeling Right Now?
You’re trying to hold things together for everyone else
You’ve googled “how to plan a celebration of life” more than once
You want a service that feels personal, not just another funeral package
You need help, not a sales pitch
You’re not expected to have it all figured out.
This journey comes one step at a time. Start with the checklist — and when you’re ready, we’ll be here to help with the rest.
Not sure yet?
That’s okay.
You can always come back when you’re ready.
And if it ever feels like too much to untangle alone, The Unfinished List is here to help.