Many widows today struggle with setting boundaries:

• Do you take care of everyone in your family except yourself?
• Are you influenced by all kinds of fads?
• Do you go from one bad relationship to another?
• Is your spending out of control?
• Do you feel emotionally unable to cope with the expectations of others?
• Have you overextended yourself financially?
• Is life so disorganized that you don’t know what to do first?
• Do you struggle with good time management?

You can get too busy, too overworked, too stressed and as a result your grief is even harder to handle. Boundaries define what is acceptable and what gives you a sense of control. 

Consider setting boundaries so that your life is more clearly defined and not subject to the circumstances and whims of others.