I am a very date oriented person. I like to count days and point out "marks."
For example--
-I like to celebrate my half birthday and other peoples half birthdays.
-I love to point out the month marks of how long Kev and I have been dating.
-I even remember my fourth grade teacher's birthday for Pete's sake.
-For no reason, I know that the day Kelso and I had our epic rain fest was June 11.
-I just don't forget birthdays or anniversaries of people who are important to me because the date sticks out to me!
Those are just a few examples of weird random dates that I notice. Unfortunately, this skill never kicked in when I took AP US history. But anyway... "Why is she telling us this?" you may be asking yourself. Well because in five days.. [I was going to blog this in five days, but I'm too bored today so I'm doing it now instead] ..marks January 11th. Which in and of itself is not an important day BUT it is the day my engagement is 1/4 of the way over.
25% of the time period that people say goes so slow. Yes, there are days it feels like a century. But overall this has been the fastest month and a half! And I say this because I probably have about 3% of my wedding planned and I just don't know where the time has gone....
Truly, I have hardly ANYTHING done. I gather ideas on Pinterest and stuff but I haven't actually done anything about it. It's crazy because I have been 'planning my wedding' since I was seven. But now that it is actually here, I have no idea where to start! I'm overwhelmed and I feel inadequate to plan something this big.
It's not that I don't have motivation.. hello, I'm marrying the love of my life. I just truly do not know how best to go about everything. I thought by having a long engagement I wouldn't be nearly as stressed in planning. But it actually just made me way too cavalier at the beginning because I had so much time. And now I am stressed.
So.. smart, efficient, grown up people-- help me know what to do..
Goodness. You just stole my words! I don't know where to start! Good luck girl!
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean! Planning a wedding when there wasn't really a wedding happening was fun. Once you're actually planning it for REAL and what decisions you make actually COUNT because that's what you get 'stuck' with it gets really intimidating!
ReplyDeleteI spent a lot of time looking at ideas. I just clicked on everything I liked, and sooner or later I realized that everything had something in common- I learned I liked specific flower combinations, a certain color palette, etc.
I hope you will soon be able to look at everything you've pinned on pinterest and notice a pattern. What it is that sticks out to you. Because whether or not that's what you've been dreaming since you were seven, THAT is what you truly ENJOY regarding your wedding ;)
Here's my two-cents of advice:
1) don't be afraid to take a break, stop planning, and ENJOY BEING ENGAGED! It's a fun stage in life (not as fun as being married, but it's almost there!)
2) make a deadline 3 days before you want any final decision made. For example: I will have a final decision on what shoes to wear on Wed February 8th. You can change your mind as many times as needed before then, but your mind should be made up on Feb 8th. You then have 3 days (until Fri Feb 10) to make it a FINAL-NO GOING BACK decision. After that, you don't need to worry about that decision any more ;)