Advice for not being stressed out

Wow congrats on your recent engagement !!!
My best advice is to keep things simple.

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Congrats!! My engagement has been about as long as yours will be...I'm getting married on June 20th and I'm 25!
My best advice: take your time and enjoy planning, it doesn't have to be a big stressful mess.
Go to bridal shows, see if vendors will do payment plans with you so you don't have to spend thousands of dollars at once, find a venue that will do a lot of the work for you (example: my venue is taking care of linens, center pieces, they have a sound system for my spotify playlist so I don't have to pay a DJ, and cleanup).

My advice is to not be afraid of hiring people that are still new to the wedding buisiness, instead of hiring a photographer with 10+ years of experience, hire a photographer with only 2 years of experience to save on money.


Also, before you even start wedding planning... TAKE YOUR ENGAGEMENT PHOTOS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I cannot stress this enough, taking an engagement shoot before you officially start wedding planning is a great way to celebrate your engagement, and have photos that you can use on your invitations and save the dates.
Congratulations! I hope you have a fun time wedding planning.

You have plenty of time, which is good so use that to your advantage to book the big things early (venue, photographer, etc). Simply just enjoy the process and try not to sweat the small details. Most people are not going to notice half of what you notice. I made out list on sticky notes and tackled something each day or wk on my list. And once it was done I marked it off the list. Very satisfying. I did most of my planning solo versus having many people involved in planning. This was helpful because too many opinions can become stressful or overwhelming. When I wanted an opinion I reached out to someone. Everyone is different though.


It really helped to have a day of coordinator. All I had to do was show up. I really did not feel stressed the day of.

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Melle is wise.

Keep it simple.

Also, weddings bring out everyone's opinion. However, their opinions don't count, only yours and your FS's do. If people insist on having opinions, stop telling them anything about the wedding. Trends are just that - trends - and you only have to use them if you *like* them.

Well you have plenty of time, and definitely smart to have it in 2022 given the current state of the world. What helped me was making lots of lists, taking it one step at a time, and remembering everything does not have to be perfect

View Quoted Comment This is really good advice too! Everyone always has an opinion for weddings and at the end of the day you gotta remember it’s your day and your decisions.

You have over two years... so no need to stress. Also remember that wedding planning is only as difficult as you make it.

Congratulations!! That's wonderful! My best advice is to set a realistic budget and actually stick with it, and don't listen to all the advice you get. Everyone will make a lot of comments and think they know what's best, but you know what's best for you. We're here to help as you go!!