Start With Done

Plan Backwards. Finish Everything.

Because starting at the end changes it all.

Your Jira board is perfect.
Your kid's science project is due tomorrow.

This isn't a discipline problem. It's a framework problem.

The Book

Start With Done

Plan Backwards. Finish Everything.

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A practical, five-step project management framework for real life — designed to help families, households, and anyone who's ever started something too late to finally finish everything on time.

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The Start With Done Planner

Build your backwards plan in minutes.

Put the method into practice right now. Enter your deadline, add your milestones, and let the planner map out exactly when you need to start — and what needs to happen when.

Reverse & forward planning Blocked day management Parallel tasks Print & export Save multiple plans
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Free Resources

Tools to Help You Finish

Practical templates and checklists built around the Start With Done framework — free to download and use right away.

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Template
Milestone Planning Worksheet
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Checklist
Project Kickoff Checklist
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Template
Backwards Planning Calendar
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Checklist
Weekly Reset Routine
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The Workshop

Bring Start With Done
to Your Organization

A hands-on workshop that takes the same backwards planning logic behind professional project management and makes it work for real life. Participants leave with a framework they built themselves — and can use immediately.

Step 01
Pin the Deadline
Step 02
Flag Project Ready
Step 03
Explore the Work
Step 04
Count Real Days
Step 05
Slide Your Way Back
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About Angela

Angela Virtudazo

Instructional strategist, learning architect, and facilitator with 14 years of experience designing learning for people at every stage of life — from young adults stepping into their first jobs to a 93-year-old financial planner learning Windows for the first time.

Angela is a speaker coach, Navy spouse, and self-described techie who believes the frameworks we use at work are exactly what families need at home. Start With Done is her answer to that gap.