How to Enjoy the Holidays While Planning Your Wedding
It’s mid-November already! Your wedding is probably coming up, fast. How do you juggle wedding planning and the holidays and actually taking a break?
Remember in grade school, when you were encouraged to read all summer (where are my BookIt All Stars??)? It was an approachable way of keeping student’s reading, comprehension and task completion skills up while not assigning them actual homework. We’re suggesting a similar concept by encouraging you to use what you’ve learned in planning your wedding so far and applying it to your holiday season.
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Planning Ahead
Do you plan ahead for the holidays or do you let them roll up on you like still-frozen turkey an hour before dinner? This is a great time to practice your planning, delegation and execution skills. Make a checklist for your holidays, whether you’re hosting a cookie swap, contributing to a Friendsgiving, sending cards, or even just picking up your cousin from the airport. Then translate what you learned about yourself and productivity to your wedding planning for a fresh new year kickoff.
Holiday Sales
Everything is on sale during the holidays, from wedding bands to stationery to amenity packages at hotel venues. Take advantage of them by doing your research ahead of time, focusing in on your priorities and budget and then schedule time to shop during the sale.
Thinking about planning an event during the next holiday season? You might see a price break for non-peak season but you may see a price increase for peak holiday dates like Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years Eve or Day and Valentine’s Day.
Season’s Greetings
The holidays are a great time to request addresses and contact information from your loved ones. Consider even sending your Save The Dates around the holidays to both inform and wish your guests a happy holiday season.
Merry Mindfulness
People have different, valid experiences during the holidays. Some folks love being surrounded by family and enjoy their holiday traditions. Others may have anxiety around the celebrations, family or loss or trauma. It’s important to remember that you get to set boundaries for yourself. This includes inviting your family to share their opinions on your wedding planning…or not. Set the expectation clearly and early if you’d like to have casual discussions about your wedding with family and friends or if you’d prefer to focus elsewhere.
DIY The Halls
If you’re considering any DIY elements to your wedding, use the holidays as a test run for those floral arranging, baking, calligraphy writing, tablescaping and photography skills. If you discover you love it and you can set a clear scope and hit your deadlines, kudos! If you decide your cake failed it, that’s when you know you’re ready to work with pros who can support you and your vision without you having to get your hands dirty.
