 Tips For Staying Calm
While Planning Your Wedding
Planning a wedding can be like having a full-time job. It’s extremely important to minimize your stress during the process. Don’t let yourself get overwhelmed with all the extra tasks.
During the planning period:
Ask for help when you need it: from your fiancé, your family, your friends and your wedding planner. If you don’t have a wedding planner, it’s not too late to get one! There are many wedding consultants who are available to help you with all your tasks, details and questions.
Stay organized with your checklists. Your wedding planner will provide you with monthly and/or weekly wedding task lists. If you don’t have a wedding planner, there are many great wedding websites and wedding books that include comprehensive to-do lists. This will ensure that you don’t forget something crucial.
Each of us only have 24 hours per day and you can only do so much. Tackle the crucial things first and prioritize the rest. It is very important to eat proper and get plenty of sleep. You need to stay healthy and get your beauty rest during this busy time!
As the wedding day approaches:
Don't stress about things you can't control. This includes the weather. If you’re having an outdoor wedding, make sure you have a plan B in case of rain, and then don’t spend any more time thinking about it.
If something is not done, it may not get done. It’s OK if you don’t have 300 handmade favors with personalized ribbon, or even that you don’t have favors at all. Trust me, your guests will not notice. The only thing you MUST do is get your marriage license.
 On the wedding day:
Trust your vendors to do their jobs. You hired them based on your confidence in them. If you have all your planning meetings, they all know your expectations of them. Just relax and let the professionals work together to make your wedding the best day of your life. Your job is to look beautiful, enjoy spending time with your family and friends, and focus on the commitment you’re about to make.
My best advice is to remember that as long as you, your fiancé and the officiant are there and you get married, that's what it's all about - the two of you and your new beginning. Everything else is just icing on the cake!
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