Getting ready for your wedding can be one of the most stressful things you may encounter. However, it can also be an extraordinarily fun time in your life. There is a fine line that, once crossed, this exciting and amazing wedding planning process can become a real problem that induces a massive amount of stress. We wanted to be sure we could provide as much advice on how to keep the planning a fun time and avoid the wedding stress.
Wedding Stress Relief
Stay Positive
Okay, we get it, this one feels like a cop-out. However, it is probably the most important thing to do when it comes to wedding planning. Staying positive during the planning process is not easy because there may be so many things happening that make you begin thinking about the things that are freaking you out.
You’re going to likely deal with some vendor, family, and financial stress that will make you feel like you’re going up and down on a stress coaster. However, by simply keeping a positive outlook during these times, you’ll begin to see a massive difference in how you handle these problems and how much they affect you.
Have Fun With Your Fiancé
Make sure that you aren’t only wedding planning with your fiancé at this time. Instead, still go out for dinner, go to movies, or whatever else you do to have fun. Make sure that you are both having fun together throughout the process and doing things to take your mind off of the planning.
If you are both enjoying each other’s company during the planning process outside of the planning, it will eventually seep into the planning itself and will allow for even some stressful moments to still be very fun for the both of you. You’re going to spend a lot of time together during this process so you might as well enjoy all of it!
Don’t Lie to Yourself About How You Feel
Although it’s extremely important to stay positive, you should also allow yourself to be honest with how you feel throughout the wedding planning process. Don’t try to smile through a rough situation, allow yourself to admit when you’re stressed so you and others can take care of those issues.
Trust us, you’re going to have some issues with how things go because that’s just life and there’s no doubt you’re going to feel some stress and anxiety. What’s important is that you fix these issues internally so you can focus more on the fun aspects of the planning process and not so much on the troubling aspects.
Don’t be Afraid to Ask for Help
Trust us, you’d be surprised by how many people are on your side during the planning process. You have so many people who would be willing to help you plan your dream wedding. It’s not a bad idea to tap into that and use it to take some stress off and give you some of your time back.
Do you have any DIY activities that need to be done (décor)? Or, do you have invitations that need to be sealed and shipped? How about just wanting some simple advice and second opinions on decision-making?
You’ve got plenty of people at your disposal that we guarantee would love to come and help with some of the busy work. Plus, it will allow you to get some of your time back, relieve stress, and enjoy the process of doing some of this grunt work.
Take a Spa Day
A spa day during the planning process is absolutely essential. There’s no reason to go through the stressful planning process without giving yourself some much-needed quiet time and pampering yourself. During this process, you should be giving yourself ample amounts of time to destress and we personally think this is the best way to do so! Plus, you’ll be around people so much during this process that just takes some time to destress all by yourself.
Have a Backup Plan
Make sure you’re putting a backup plan in place for everything, that way once you get closer to the wedding you won’t stress about what could go wrong. The last few weeks of the wedding planning process are always the most stressful. By this time, you’re going to want to ensure that there is a fallback plan for anything that can go wrong because it’s at about this time during the process that you begin to realize what could happen. Putting a plan B in place will allow you to sleep easily these last few months.
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We would love to be a part of the process and make your planning go even more smoothly! We would love to put a package together that will hopefully make your wedding planning easy and stress-free. Contact us today to learn more about our DJ, photography, videography, photo booth, and coordination services!