How do you deal with wedding planning stress?

I'm feeling so stressed that I'm going to forget to plan or buy, etc. something important for our big day. What are ways that I can relax and still get the planning done without letting it stress me out?

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To avoid stress you should start planning well in advance and have a checklist so you don't forget anything.

Hiring a professional wedding planner can be expensive so I suggest getting a good wedding planning book and browsing some websites which can offer plenty of good tips as well.

The site below is adding articles on all kind of questions concerning planning your wedding and you will find a link to a great and cheap ebook too.

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i'm really not stressing.

i just take it day by day and make sure i know what i need to do. what i have already. and what i need.

deligate things to your bms and moh. make sure you keep the fh in the loop too.

take a day away and go pamper yourself. massage. hair. facial.

revive youself and get back in to it.
Just make a list....enjoy what your doing...don't be stressed by it....have your close friends help you.....don't do it by yourself....think of it as girl time or something...it really helps....I had to plan my moms wedding in 2 months and it was great. We had about 4 weeks of girl time until everything was finished....
if you afford it get yourself a wedding planner,if not get a list of all the things to be done and get your friends and family to do some running around for you,remember you have one important thing to do on your wedding day...thats to look great,you the bride so make sure your dress fits,your makeup and hair looks great,make him know why he's marrying you,and enjoy the day,you can't do everything even if you want to you can't,so get your families and friends involved they would love it...enjoy
Share your stress. If you're anxious about forgetting something, tell your mom, fiance, soon to be mother-in-law, best friend, etc. Most of the time, they are happy to help and once you've told them, the stress gets less because they're there to help and can check and do things for you. Try not to do everything yourself. Also, make one list about what YOU don't want to forget. All these wedding websites have about 1000 lists but they have things on them that don't pertain to everyone's plans and/or needs. Being organized helps a lot. Of course you are going to feel stressed and nervous but let it be in anticipation, not because you feel overburdened!
1. I think back on what was really stressful: going out on crummy first dates.

2. I hired a wedding planner. My stress level went down immediately.

Be organized: Write a list of everything you need to do and a deadline for doing it. Schedule these tasks on your calendar. Theknot.com has a list of just about everything that needs to get done. Focus on getting your list done, and don't try for perfection.
Get a spreadsheet together with everything that needs to be done in order of importance - there are lots out there and i can reccomend a really good one that's NOT the knot if you are interested - email me (it also has seating planners, questions to ask, tips and tricks etc)

Go down the list at your own pace and write in details of things as they are booked

Biggest thing - Take time away! My FH and I decided that atleast once a month we would have a wedding free weekend. Not talking to each other about the wedding, no meetings with suppliers, No wedding related conversation/notes/emails/webites between us from the time we got home on friday night to the time we got home on monday night. We could do whatever we wanted in our own time (even if it was wedding related) but no mention of it for three days. It really helped and as a result our wedding planning has gone pretty easy and is almost finished. We have been planning for two months and our wedding isn't until december.
First of all, and most importantly, if you feel stressed and overwhelmed by planning and organizing your wedding than YOU are doing something wrong.

Planning your wedding should be FUN . . EXCITING . . AND REWARDING, and if that is not happening, and apparently it is not, then you need to seek some help from family or friends or a wedding professsional.

If you are a control freak, if you are a perfectionist, or if you are having difficulty making decisions, and sticking with them than you need help. Go online or open the telephone book and look for a bridal consultant or wedding or event planner. Many of these wedding professionals have "getting organized" meetings which entails one or two appointments only (and these meetings will help you feel a whole lot better).

True story . . a Bride I know agonized over every detail of her wedding. Eveything from the color, types of flowers and sizes of each corsage to how many appetizers she should order for each person. She analyzed everything fifty times, eveything had to be perfect. She drove the florist crazy . . she drove the band leader crazy . . and she drove the banquet manager crazy. And everytime she went to someone else's wedding the next day she changed her own wedding plans AGAIN.

And finally, after changing and re-arranging everything twenty times her wedding day came . . and four months later the Groom filed for a divorce (he just couldn't take it any longer).

Answered by: A Certified wedding specialist / A Professional bridal consultant / A Wedding ceremony officiant
This is what I did (and it may not work for you, but it helped me)

I am keeping it simple...we aren't having a bridal party, so I don't have any BM dresses to pick or girls to corrdinate or gifts to buy for them. We aren't having favors because every time I've ever been to a wedding in my life, half of the guests leave them behind at the end of the evening. We aren't doing programs-it's a simple wedding that needs no explanation. I'm not stressing the details--I've chosen to do a wedding on a beach, and am giving up most effort to the woman who will perform the cremony. I asked for a bouquet of white flowers, which they will bring-nobody else is getting flowers except for me. We are using the lovely outdoors as our decorations, so that saves us all that effort, and however the beachfront cafe where we're having our luncheon afterwards is decorated is fine with us-we aren't giving that a second thought. And most importantly, I recognize that as long as I end up married to my sweetheart at the end of it all, I don't really care very much about anything else (except for my dress, which I adore)..

As I said, lots of my ideas won't work for you, but what I'm trying to convey is that if you do forget something or run out of time to make your handmade favors or whatever, it isn't the end of the world, you'll still have a wonderful wedding, and you get to marry the man of your dreams at the end of it all, and that's a pretty great thing!
Get one of those planning binders. Take notes on everything. It's easier to remember what you write than what you type. Hyperorganize, focus, and do lots of deep-breathing meditation. Tai chi might help. Every once in a while, just drop it all and go out on a date with your honey. The one rule, on your "date", no talking about the wedding!
get a binder. try to stay organized. make lists. find one person that was married that you can rely on. purchase some software, such as the organized wedding. add items to it as you think of it. think each even out. ask your caterer or food preparer and the vendors that you hire. they will help you. they have seen it 1000 times and know what is needed.
Write a To Do list. Make a note of what needs to be done by when so you can break things up and deal with things at different times. For example '8 months before the wedding, to do this month is book wedding cars, book photographer etc', understand? It's much easier remembering to do things when you only concentrate on a few things at a time rather than swamp yourself with everything at once! Good luck!
Make a list, check it twice (kinda like Santa) and get a trusted family member (maybe one who has had a wedding) to reassure you that you are doing everything right! Then....chill!
This is wedding planning not neurosurgery. Keep in mind that if you do forget something it's not the end of the world and no one will die. I've planned my wedding, my brother's and part of my cousin's - it's not hard to do. Get a wedding planning book with check lists or use some online software.
Kendra has right.. write things down! in most bridal mags (and im sure you can find something similar on line) there are wedding checklists.. these are fantastic they tell you what needs to be done and when. Focus one smaller parts of the whole and it becomes easier to get things done in a timely manner.
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