How To Calmly Prepare For Your Wedding Day

Preparing for a wedding, from searching for the perfect venue to envisioning every detail of your perfect day, can be can be very stressful on the bride-to-be. And, of course, you still have your regular, hectic life to manage while planning.

While there are plenty of Pinterest posts to help you with what to do and what not to do to prepare well while still show up smiling on your wedding day, little attention has been paid to outlining some ways to destress when planning your wedding.

However, before we review five ways to stay cool, calm, and collected through your whirlwind schedule, let’s briefly talk about time management and stress.

Time Management and Stress

Give yourself time to do it all.

Preparing for a wedding is often stressful because you are working on a tight deadline. Recognize that this is an artificial constraint about when things need to get done.

When you think about it, this pressure of doing things quickly is completely unnecessary. You don’t have to act with a sense of urgency – just plan well ahead of time. By reducing the pressure of time, you immediately give yourself some breathing room to think things through more clearly.

Not rushing ahead isn’t procrastinating; it’s pacing your time and energy to better match the demands you face. Often, choosing the right venue can be stressful when you have a specific date in mind, but it can be fun exploring event venues and wedding spot ideas when you don’t have a self-imposed deadline.

So, break free from a sense of urgency. Don’t act quickly because you’re afraid that you’ll procrastinate. Instead, give yourself plenty of time to do everything you need without a feeling of panic.

Five Ways to Stay Cool, Calm and Collected

While there is plenty of ambiguity about the term healthy lifestyle – what you consider strenuous an Olympic athlete would consider slacking – making good lifestyle choices have a few common components. So, a healthy lifestyle should include at least the following five elements:

1. Eating nutritious meals.
2. Exercising.
3. Getting enough sleep.
4. Spending time with loved ones.
5. Enjoying some alone time.

Let’s take a look at each one in some detail:

1. Eating Nutritious Meals

This is a whole study in itself, and nutritionists can’t agree on what it means. It’s a confusing topic at best. We live in a world where some people think carbohydrates are bad while others think you can overdo the protein. Again, while some people think coffee is bad for you, others can quote a list of health benefits derived from neuroscience.

The way out of feeling bewildered is to do some research and identify what foods you consider healthy and avoid those that have widely recognized problems. Usually, the closer you are to nature and the less packaged foods you eat, the better your diet is likely to be. In addition, consider the benefits of supplements, ranging from vitamins and minerals to drinking herbal teas.

2. Exercising

Any exercise is better than none at all. What’s more, there is no best exercise or program to follow. If you’re looking for a comprehensive routine, consider doing a variety of different exercises for different purposes.

Using this approach, you would choose exercises to provide the following benefits:

• ·  Increase flexibility. For example, try yoga.
• ·  Improve cardiovascular health. For example, go swimming.
• ·  Increase muscle and burn fat. For example, join a gym and do weight training.

Naturally, most exercises provide a wide spectrum of benefits. When you’re playing tennis, you’re stretching, you’re running around like crazy, and you’re building muscle and burning fat. So your choice of exercises for flexibility, endurance, and weight management are likely to be somewhat arbitrary. Just choose exercises that you enjoy doing and choose a variety of different routines so that you emphasize different aspects of health.

3. Getting Enough Sleep

Getting enough sleep is essential for good health. While it may help your career to work more and sleep less, it’s probably ruining your health.

How much sleep you need depends on your metabolism. You know you’re not getting enough sleep if you feel tired a lot.

Don’t fall into the trap of waking up early if you’re a night owl or vice versa. Respect your biorhythms and circadian cycles rather than try to revamp your biological system to suit your personal or social goals.

Also, don’t feel guilty if you need to sleep more or less than 8 hours—it’s how you feel that matters, not what the clock says.

4. Spending Time with Loved Ones

We are all social creatures, and spending quality time with family and friends can rejuvenate your spirit. It’s wonderful to be productive, but sometimes you need to spend time just hanging out and having a good time.

5. Enjoying Time Alone

Besides spending time with people or spending time at work or play, you also need to spend some time alone just doing things you enjoy. This can range from gardening to writing poetry, from taking a walk in the park to playing with your cat. Alone time helps you realign your thoughts and feelings. Otherwise, you feel “out of sorts.” You have mood swings. Things bother you, but you’re not sure why they do.

By getting rid of time pressure and taking care of your health and well-being, you will enjoy preparing for your wedding day.