31/03/2023
Time for this week's tip in our mini-series of what to do once you're engaged.
In case you missed it, you can look back in our profile for the last two tips:
Part 1: Enjoy your engagement
Part 2: Consider the experience you want to have
And today, part 3: acknowledge the reality.
Wedding planning can be stressful as-is, but it's extra stressful if you're not prepared. Once your engaged, let these questions guide your planning experience:
1. What else will be happening in your life that could affect the time you have for wedding planning? (post-grad education, family responsibilities, buying a house, etc). If you have a lot going on, it will be helpful to set a wedding date further into the future.
2. How will you be paying for your wedding experience? Consider your own personal stakeholders and who might be contributing. This is the time to have those conversations, as uncomfortable as they may be. Make sure it’s clear who has decision-making power, and what the expectations are on spending that money. This will also help build your own savings goal, and guide you in how long you will need to save.
3. Do you want to hire a planning team? If you know you're going to hate event planning, it's at least worth considering. Remember, you want to enjoy your engagement, not dread this entire period of your life.
This'll tie into last week's tip, also; if you LOVE being the center of attention & want to throw the biggest celebration your friends have ever seen, then you're gonna need to save some big bucks for it. But, if you're wanting something more intimate, or maybe even want to elope, a smaller budget is perfectly doable.
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