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You're engaged! Now onto planning the wedding. There is so much to do and there are so many people to please – you can not do it all. But, how can you avoid feeling stressed out while planning your wedding? Here are a few tips:
1. Be clear about your limits
Know what you are willing to forego control of and what has to be the way you want it to be. You will not be able to control everything and so be clear about the things that you can allow to happen naturally – for example on the day of the wedding there could be a major protest going on in the city center or there could be something unavoidable like hurricane winds.
These are obviously extraordinary circumstances, but these are things that can happen, and nobody has control over them.
2. Take a break
So many brides take on planning the wedding like it's a full-time job, which can be very, very exhausting. Most likely, you'll already have a 40 hour workweek, so make sure that you take time off planning your wedding and feel like a normal person again! Hang out with your friends and talk about other things – they have a lot of things going on in their lives too. Take time off and have a romantic dinner with your future husband – but do not mention the wedding, at all.
3. Ask for help
Ask your friends and your family for help. Do not feel they have to do it all by yourself. If your fiancé is not the type that wants to be involved in the decision-making process, for example, make sure that you do involve him. Have him take over tasks that he would love to tackle. If he's a foodie, have him meet with the caterers! Is he really into partying? Then let him create the playlist. Planning your wedding is something that everyone can be involved with, so make sure that you delegate the tasks that you do not have to be a part of so so that they can do their share. They will love to participate, because it's exciting for them as well!
4. Enjoy your engagement
Enjoy the little things in life. You are getting married, after all, you're not just planning a party – so make a promise to yourself to enjoy the months leading up to your wedding. Spend lots of quality time with your fiancé – Love is what brought you together and that's what you'll have after these crazy months of wedding planning are over!
5. Vow to enjoy every minute of your wedding day
When the big day finally does come, savor it! Enjoy all the little things that will happen on that day, from the spontaneous (and embarrassing) speech that your uncle will make about you, to dancing the limbo with your father-in-law to cut that delicious cake together with your new husband – savor every moment. It will go by so quickly – and being one of the most important days in your life, do not let it pass you by while you're stressing about the flowers or the DJ.
The most important thing is that you've just united your life with another person and that you're about to start the rest of your life together as a family, which is what a wedding is all about!
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Source by Laura Perez Silvestre
