As the days wind down to 1 year before the wedding, I am disappointed with myself because it seems I've been too busy working and trying to get money to pay for the wedding. It feels like I have spent less and less time trying to prepare ourselves and everyone else for our DW (that's destination wedding to you and me).
The most recent topic in the planning process being the dreaded guest list. I'm a sucker for thinking far too much about how my actions might affect a relationship here or awkwardness there later on with family and friends. When you are inviting some and not others, it is already slightly complicated. But then when you realize you've still got to many people, what to do?
When trying to be cautious of feelings and invite the right people, I think its far too easy to forget your target number. I mentally raised my target guest list max number by 30 guests! I can't afford 30 more guests! Let me clarify... Our target was 30-50 guests total. I had convinced myself that "80 will due!"
Whoa there chik! What was I thinking? So, it's back to the drawing board... or the guest list. And what's worse? The guy that's supposed to be by my side reminding me of our numbers and helping me make sure we get there... isn't. His current signature move? A 180 degree turn around, a shrug of the shoulders, a flop of the hands, and some distorted mumbling that sounds something like "good luck with that!"
I've been working like crazy crossing my fingers that I'll either keep busy enough to keep money coming in for the wedding, or that I'll find a part time j-o-b to pay for it. And I've also been working on my time management. I, being an organized list writer, can't seem to get my time management together when I'm already busy... it makes me busier.
It's like praying for patience. The more you pray for patience, the more it seems God tests the very patience you've been praying for more of! It's like he insists the only way to achieve more or a higher level is to be overloaded with more than you already have, and to increase on top so you have no choice but to learn that you can't pray for it because it's already inside. It's like one of those "The force is already with you" things. You must harness the power from within, channel it, and use it only when necessary.
So trying to manage my time management when I've just run out of hours in the day and my inbox is overloaded with work that caries over day after day... how am I supposed to improve my time management? Write a list?!
Guest list! How am I supposed to get through that? Case and point.
first case of bridal blues or something. I think I'll just punch the guest list in the face and walk on. It could only be more perfect if I was a superhero in a comic book. "POW! WHAM! BOOM!" colorful little exclamations that follow the connection of my fist with the paper full of lines of names. I'll harness the power from within. Karate CHOP!
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Busy busy!
Posted by Chik at 10:49 AM
Labels: guest list help, Wedding planning
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