No Stress!
Planning a wedding can be EXTREMELY stressful if you allow it to be. I’ve heard from many brides how they have gotten so stressed out with there planning process that they forgot to eat! There are stories of brides breaking out in hives, getting sick and ultimately not being able to enjoy their very special day. This is something that I wanted to avoid at all costs. As calm as I have been over the past seven months, stress has somehow found a way to sneak up on me at times. At one point, it was so bad that I completely lost my voice due to laryngitis and lost five pounds because I wasn’t eating (that part wasn’t so bad…but I’d rather do it the healthier way.) I realized that I had to do something and quickly to make sure that remainder of the planning process was enjoyable.
My dear friend and (Sister in Christ) Alexandra who recently went through the process of planning a wedding shared some great advice with me, that I think can be applied not only during wedding planning, but for life in general. She told me to ask myself a series of questions and based on the responses, I should easily be able to determine what is a priority or something to be concerned about and what is not. The questions are as follows: Will the given situation be of significance in ten seconds? Ten minutes? Ten weeks? Ten years? If the answer is ten years from now, then it probably deserves some major attention. If it will only be of importance for the next ten seconds or minutes, then there is absolutely no reason to stress over something so insignificant. It has really put things into perspective for me.
I’m back on track, eating healthy, working out and looking forward to the big day! Most importantly I’m enjoying every moment of it. After all, it only happens once in a lifetime!
Alex and I the night before her big day!