How to Time-Manage, Pre-Wedding
Planning any sort of large-scale event requires organization and time management beyond the normal person's daily requirement. For this reason, many people outsource the planning job and hire a wedding planner to take care of all of the dirty details.
However, wedding planners are expensive and tend to still require a lot of input on your end. You will need to make the final decision (and just about every decision up to the final decision) on your own. The wedding planner merely facilitates the arrangement of your meetings and final product.
In order to manage your time before your wedding, you will need to truly do some gritty work in terms of planning your schedule and sticking to it. It is important now more than any other time, that you guard your schedule and personal time carefully.
First, write a list of all of your known (and unknown) obligations. Update this list frequently as you establish more and more dates. You will need to meet with each vendor participating in your wedding, from the florist to the caterer and decorator.
During these meetings, it would be best for you to make solid and quick decisions. With so many options presented before you, you will be tempted to do plenty of research and take your time deciding on a final outcome. However, it is important that if you truly want to manage your time expertly, you execute the decision make process in a very timely manner.
For example, instead of going from one florist to another and back again, take some tours of florist shops. Decide what colors and arrangements of flowers you prefer. Select a price range and then accept or deny bids for multiple florists. If you are proactive about making your choices and selecting your vendors, then the operation of planning your wedding should run more smoothly.
During your wedding planning period, you will also need to guard your personal time. You will be asked to go in so many different directions to make decisions, see people and pull the event together. This process can be very trying for any bride. Thus, make every effort possible to be selfish about your alone time and your planning time.
For example, if a friend wants to go out to lunch but you know you have to meet the caterer, stick with the appointment with the caterer. It's fine to invite your friend along, but simply don't lose sight of the event that you're planning. Make it your job to plan your wedding.
After the wedding, you will be able to enjoy a relaxing time winding down with your new spouse.
