From Invitations To Hair Care: How You Can Stay Confident And Calm In The Lead-Up To The Big Day
Planning a wedding is a lot like planning a full-scale military operation, as anyone who has done this before will tell you. Everyone has that one friend or family member who seems to take on an entirely new drill-sergeant persona every time you start talking about wedding planning, but the fact is that this is going to be an exhausting and complicated process. Even if you’re not really too bothered about going the whole hog with the ceremony itself, there are always going to be wrinkles and issues that will drive you around the bend.
It’s important to remember that this is your big day, not anyone else’s, and while planning a wedding may be stressful, it shouldn’t be something that sends you completely bananas. There are a few key areas that you can focus on to keep you feeling calm, and a couple of health and self-care-related things that you can do to make sure that you’re feeling confident and happy in yourself.
Start Planning As Early As Possible
One of the golden rules of planning a wedding is that you need to hit the ground running. You might not want to be one of those people who starts calling venues as soon as you’ve told your friends that you’re engaged, but there’s something to be said for getting the ball rolling ASAP. You’ve probably been to a wedding that was reorganised because of the pandemic, and brides and grooms will tell you that sorting out a date and a venue was made extremely difficult following that whole business. Popular times of year will get very busy very quickly, so if there’s somewhere that you’ve always thought, “Oh, I’d love to get married there,” then it’s worth giving them a call as soon as you can. It’s also worth remembering that people’s calendars fill up fast too. There’ll be more on wrangling invitees shortly, but you need to give people as much notice as possible if you really want them to be there on the day.
Address The Things That Make You Feel Less Confident
Everyone struggles with confidence issues from time to time. There are always going to be days when you’ll wake up and feel like you’re not at your best. Most days, those feelings will pass, but there may be some issues that have bothered you persistently for some time. What is worth remembering is that there may be treatment options out there that you hadn’t considered before. And when you’re getting married, you don’t want to be feeling like you want to shy away from the camera. You’re going to want to be able to stand tall and stand proud next to your partner. Looking for treatment options now is a great way of not only addressing the issue in question but telling the part of your brain that likes to cause trouble to stand down because you won’t be needing it today. For example, say you’ve been worried about your smile for a few months now. Why not make an appointment with your dentist to take care of the problem that’s been giving you some grief? And if you’re dealing with hair loss, it can sometimes feel like there are no options other than to just accept it. But there are prescription medications which may be able to help. Hair loss treatments address the issue by focusing on and blocking the body’s production of DHT, which is the hormone behind stopping new hair from growing. If you’re wondering which plan for hair loss treatment is best for you, get in touch with the team at Oxford Online Pharmacy. Their team of registered doctors will prescribe the best option for you.
Why not make an appointment with your dentist in Warrington or dentist in York to take care of the problem that’s been giving you some grief? Instasmile offers the ‘best clip-on veneers’ to give you a whiter, brighter, more confident smile for your wedding day. Alternatively, you could consider restorative dentistry.
Split The Duties As Evenly As You Can
There are some people out there who have been waiting for their wedding day their whole lives, and who already have every single detail mapped out in their heads. However, even the most organised of this group would have to admit that they need help in making sure that everything gets done. And if you’re someone who’s never actually thought about what their wedding day would look like, then you are definitely going to need some support. The big day can be a very stressful event, and there are a lot of different things to organise. It’s a good idea to talk to your partner about how you can divide the responsibilities as evenly as possible. Start by making a list of everything that needs to get done. Don’t forget to include in your list adding wedding cars for hire in Manchester to make your special day even more memorable. Once you have that down on paper, figure out if there are any duties that either of you would actually enjoy doing, and then which duties you wouldn’t mind doing. When it comes to the difficult and stressful ones that are not getting volunteered for, then you need to make sure that you divide those evenly.
Sort Out Your Guest List ASAP
Your guest list is one of the toughest parts of any wedding plan. There are going to be people that both of you agree absolutely must be there and that first list is easy enough. But then you’ll start dealing with extended families, which is where some drama can start to creep in. There’ll be that relative who needs to be invited if that other relative is going to be there. There’ll be friends who may or not be an issue because of some past conflict either with you and/or your partner or another guest. And in the back of your mind, you’ll know that the cost of your wedding will be creeping up with each name that gets added to the list, and that’s a problem, given how much costs are going up everywhere else. The important thing to remember during this whole process is that it is not about the guests, no matter how much of a stink they might cause if they don’t make the cut. This day is about you and your partner, and you need to invite the people who you want to be there.
Find A Photographer Who Gets It
Your wedding photos might not be at the top of your priorities list when you first start planning your wedding, but there’s nothing worse than getting your precious memories of the day back and discovering that they’re nothing like what you wanted. It’s really important to think about what you want your wedding photos to look like. Are you someone who wants a natural feeling to their photos, with spontaneous moments captured of your loved ones as they have a great time (in which case you could always give everyone a camera)? Or do you want to have more traditional photos that are going to sit beautifully in frames for you and your partner to look at over the years and smile? Talk to your partner about what kind of look you want to go for, and then start looking for a wedding photographer who’ll listen to you. Make sure that they’re not just nodding along and smiling but will end up going out there and doing whatever they want. Talk them through the plan for the day and who the people that you’re going to want photos of are going to be. You’ll be much more relaxed going into the day.
