What Will You Do?

Postwedding blues is an actual thing so you don’t sound crazy lol! I can understand why you’re feeling that way now as you’re getting closer, but hopefully you feel some relief after! For me, we had to delay our honeymoon until next summer so I at least have that to look forward to/start planning afterwards. But after that, I’m sure I’ll be feeling the same way. As stressful as it’s been at times, I have enjoyed planning and all the celebrations/always something big to look forward to, etc.

I've also been planning for 18 months and I personally can't wait to be done haha I can't wait to settle into my new normal and get my life back. We are buying a house right after the wedding so the energy and time spent toward planning will go toward buying the house, moving, and then decorating (which I LOVE). We are also not going on our honeymoon right away so we will also be planning that which will be fun! I would try to find something else that you can put all of the energy and time you spend planning toward. Some ideas could be getting a promotion or a new job, a new place to live, a one year anniversary trip, going back to school, getting a new pet or starting a family, maybe home remodels or redecorating?

It was HEAVENLY having date night back. And on weekends (which seemed packed before we got married) after chores/shopping trips were done it was like massive freedom!

After a year later I really missed planning but get that need filled here. You can help an engaged friend, open a part-time wedding biz if you like, get a hobby, redecorate your house/apartment, go to school, or simply enjoy life with friends & family. 😃

I plan to go back to yoga, pilates, and barre classes. I was very nervous to spend any money on unnecessary things since we've been engaged. So, once my membership at a studio ran out, I didn't renew. I've been working out at home so it's not a big deal. I will be happy to go back to class!

I was so glad to be done by the time we finished and I do not miss it. Since then, my wife started a new business, I signed up for an exercise membership, started writing again, and we took care of our dog until she passed. We also have more time to spend with friends and family and to take weekend trips. For myself, I also took a leadership role in my larger Quaker community and decorated my writing space. It's been fun to ask ourselves how we want to grow next and what we want to do with our time. It's fun to have new challenges and space to try new things!

I'm in grad school, so when we come back from our honeymoon, I'll be driving right back into schoolwork, research, and my clinical placement lol. I've enjoyed wedding planning (surprisingly), but it'll be so nice to have that removed from my plate.

I come here and live vicariously through all of you still planning! 😄

I think I’ll miss it a little bit but overall I’m ready to decorate my apartment and get back into the “normal” life, which will be enhanced by my husband 🥰

I'm personally looking forward to closing on our house, painting and moving in. We started this process 2 days after we got engaged, and 3 months later, we are almost finished.


After homebuying is finished, I'm looking forward to wedding planning being a lot less stressful.

After the wedding, and the honeymoon a month later, we will probably start working on planning and saving for our next trip, and I'll probably throw myself into budgeting to get the future husband's outstanding debt paid off, and get him a new car.

Plus for a while, the daunting task of thank you cards stands as well.

I’ve been pinteresting my wedding for years and now I’m a little over 8 months out and I’m deeply concerned with what I’ll do with myself after the wedding comes and goes. I think I might look into being a wedding coordinator since I’ve enjoyed my own planning and helping my various other friends plan theirs. If I don’t do that I’ll probably die from boredom 🤷🏻‍♀️

I am scared I will feel the same way! I am a little less than 5 months away and I spent most of my free time wedding planning. I love it and can't imagine what I will do when it is over. So you do not sound crazy. I will probably make myself busy with with post wedding projects for a while (thank you cards, framing wedding photos, etc.).

If you like helping other brides i would suggest getting on a few wedding groups especially in your area. Tell the other brides about your experience and especially ones using the same venue and vendors! Be a blessing. And you get to fill those wedding blues!

I have thought about that myself. We have so many projects we want to do around the house, so I know next year will be focused on upgrading the house. I also want to start a non-profit organization so that's on my plate. I learned early on, wedding planning should not be your entire life, only an addition to it.

I'm going through this now! I'm 11 days away and I've finished everything. I go around finding things to occupy myself for the next week and a half lol. Reorganize our apt. Cook more often. Dream about life as a wife lol. After the wedding I'm going to start studying for a professional license I've been working on.

Once the wedding is over, it comes as a sudden relief. If you haven't already started planning your honeymoon, that will keep you busy! Once the honeymoon is over, you'll probably find yourself planning to buy a house, start a family, etc. Believe me, there is always something to plan.

I can’t wait to play poker again. I quit for the wedding bc that took up a lot of my time. I say, find a hobby.

I am planning on studying to take the CPA exam. My position at my job requires that I have the certification. That was actually one of the reasons we are having a shorter engagement, so I can start studying without distraction of wedding planning. We already own a house and car together. We also have our money combined. So there was no question on waiting to be married. It’s what both of us want.

I might squeeze in a bit of work, but because I enjoy staying in, I might just do some reading.

Pick up a new hobby!

We are buying a house this month. Getting married in August and I get to quit my job and move in during October. So I will be "nesting" at our new house. I started my own business so I'll be busy working on that and raising goats and chickens. I've always got stuff going on so I'm not worried about postwedding blues. We also will still have to plan our delayed honeymoon for next year.