How 'best' to divorce?

[LemonDrizzle69]

Hello, I will try and keep this brief as I believe it's a fairly simple situation - just need some advice.
Myself and my ex have been separated for 18 months. We are both mid 30's, no children, married for 6 years technically (including the time separated) but together since I was 15. I left the house we owned jointly 18 months ago. We have a separation agreement (at his request) and he has bought me out of the property (I have received my payout). We now have no financial ties - we are both happy with the agreement. I am now looking to get divorced. Obviously, I've never done this and don't really know anyone who has, recently anyway.
It was my decision to end the relationship but it has been amicable in that we will communicate over text when needed (e.g in regards to the separation agreement, he'd message to say 'heads up, my solicitor will be emailing paperwork' etc)
My question is - what is the best/quickest/easiest way to get divorced? We have no ties to each other anymore, we have both moved on into new relationships, we just simply don't want to be married anymore.
My initial thought was to go with one of the online companies and pay a bit more for them to handle everything. But because my ex and I are amicable and will text where required, will I end up potentially having to kick a third party if things aren't moving and it isn't down to myself or my ex? I do find having to speak to him quite stressful though, it takes me back to quite a bad mindset.
The alternative is to do it myself through direct.gov. However, this gives me quite a bit of anxiety as I find filling out forms, dealing with paperwork etc quite stressful. I also have no idea what I need to do or what 'questions' it will ask. On the flip side, I will have full control over where we're up to.
The relationship dragged on much longer than it should have and on reflection, really wasn't healthy at all but it was all I knew. This is the final thing to tackle before I can truly have my freedom and finally start the life I want. Any advice would be appreciated - thank you x

Create an account and go through the form - you don’t have to press submit on it. If you find it tricky then either ask your husband to do it, or find a fixed fee solicitor. They won’t be interested in dragging anything out as it’s not cost effective for them.

the online divorce form is very simple and straightforward. I was kicking myself for not doing it sooner, it was that straightforward. Did it as a joint application so both of you get emails to progress. Honestly, you’ve done the hard stuff if finances are sorted.

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The only thing not addressed is the consent order squaring off the financials. Without it you continued to financially tied. This means either of you could make a claim at any time. It might not be successful or even material unless you win the lottery. The fact that this happened to someone means it’s not a never event. However death is and you don’t want your will challenged or insurance policies or pension benefits.

it will mean both of you need to get legal advice and draft an order. A judge should sign it off.

That's good advice.
The stressful bit is normally negotiating the money split. If you are thru that part, the rest is just form filling. It doesn't sound like you need to spend money on lawyers.

You need a clean break financial order to legally sever finances, alongside the actual divorce.

I used amicable. It was so straight forward. I applied online them amicable did my financial order. Have you sorted the house so that you are no longer on land registry etc?