| Planning a wedding is a time consuming and often a | | | | action. If you are in this all alone, now is the time to pick |
| daunting project and there never seems to be enough | | | | up the phone and start recruiting help. You will need it |
| time to get everything done to your satisfaction. | | | | and lots of it. Close, trusted friends and family |
| Sometimes, you just have to say good enough is good | | | | members are more than willing and down right |
| enough, however, when it comes to your wedding that | | | | flattered to be asked to help you fulfill your dream of a |
| is a hard thing to do. If you are getting ready to start | | | | perfect wedding. Odds are that the people you ask to |
| planning your wedding, you may want to organize your | | | | help you either have a similar dream or are living it. |
| time and take on one task at a time. While some | | | | Orchestrate your new workforce into separate task |
| people will tell you that this is impossible, there are | | | | forces that are fitted to individual strengths. If you are |
| definitely steps that you can take to make it easier. | | | | not good at finding or recognizing what people are |
| Here are a few ideas to get you started. | | | | good at, ask them. Most people know their limitations |
| The most important part of being organized is the | | | | and strengths and can tell you what they can or |
| ability to make a list. This might sound easy but it is not. | | | | cannot do to help. You may even find someone in the |
| In fact, an unorganized or poorly put together list could | | | | crowd who can help you streamline those lists! |
| quite possibly do more harm than good. Hone your list | | | | Okay, you have your lists, your lists of your lists, and a |
| building skills before you make any serious attempt at | | | | motivated task force that is ready to serve you. What |
| making a list for your wedding planning. First, write | | | | is next? Prioritize your lists into smaller lists of what--on |
| down all the things you need to accomplish to have a | | | | each list--needs to be done first. Many of the items on |
| great wedding. You might say, that is a list, but it is not. | | | | a wedding planning list will be time sensitive, meaning |
| When you have written down everything you need, | | | | that they must be done by a certain point in the |
| you have a fair idea of what to do but that is all. Now | | | | wedding planning process before other items can be |
| you need to make a list for each item on your "need" | | | | started. A good example of this is theme and color |
| list. These lists should encompass the steps you have | | | | coordination. You will have to pick out a color scheme |
| to take to achieve each item. | | | | and theme before the food is decided upon or the |
| Separate your caterer list from your to do list from | | | | decorations are purchased, otherwise, you will be doing |
| your guest list from your wish list and so on. If you | | | | many of your tasks more than once, wasting precious |
| have coffee and tea wedding favors and chocolate | | | | time and resources that you just do not have. Before |
| wedding favors on the same list as Chicken or beer | | | | this is done, you have to have a working budget and |
| and wine, then you have two or more lists combined | | | | that needs to be broken down into mini budgets for |
| and you will need to work it out. Wedding favors | | | | each category, the sum of which cannot surpass the |
| should go either on your Guest To Do list, or your Early | | | | total of the bottom line budget. This is a budget list and |
| Purchases list. Food and beverages go with the | | | | it is the most important list you will build. |
| Caterer To Hire or What To Serve list. Do you follow | | | | The bottom line is this. You cannot plan a wedding |
| where I am going wit this? It all comes down to well | | | | without a good, solid grasp of how to build a list. So get |
| organized and thorough list building. | | | | out there and learn this all-important task before you |
| Now that you have your lists put together and well | | | | start and save yourself valuable time, money, and |
| organized, it is time to start putting your plans into | | | | headache. |