#302 - How To Get Organized For Wedding Planning

People jump into wedding planning without really getting themselves set up for success. Planning a wedding is a lot like taking on a second part time job where you’ll be spending hundreds of hours planning, in addition to all the other things you already have going on in your life, at work, with family and more.

Which is why, this special episode is all about guiding you toward the smoothest planning road possible.

My 5 tips to get you set up and organized for your wedding planning journey.

#1 - New Email Address for the wedding only - I recommend signing up for a Google.

• You have a personal email, you have a work email, now you have a wedding email. When you’re done with wedding planning, you can close it.
• Only check it at certain times. Keeps you focused at work if you do.
• When you sign up on wedding websites for discounts, you won’t be spammed in your other email inboxes.
• It comes with Google Drive - all the tools you need - sheets, docs, slides.

#2 - Google Voice

• Google Voice is a free service. A single phone number that you can call or text from. I have the app on my iPhone and it rings from there. You can set up a voicemail outgoing message as well. You can set up a Google Voice account on either your computer or mobile device, and immediately begin placing domestic and international calls, or sending texts.
• Privacy - You don’t have to give your personal number to potential vendors at a wedding expo.
• Keeps your personal or work phone clear of wedding communication.

#3 - Social Media Accounts

• Helps keep your personal or business feed free of wedding related content. Remember, once the wedding is over, you won’t need to be seeing this stuff anymore. You can move on to your next life event.
• DM’ing may start happening with vendors too.
• Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Tik Tok, Pinterest…

#4 - Weekly wedding planning sessions

• Talking about your wedding planning tasks all the time is no good for your relationship. Do yourselves a favor and keep notes on items that need to be covered for your scheduled wedding planning meetings.
• They may change to bi-weekly once all vendors are hired and you are in your lull phase of planning.
• Keep your life organized. Wedding Wednesdays?
• Add standing meetings to your google calendar.

#5 - Priorities

• It’s time to talk about what is important to each of you when it comes to the wedding. This is going to drive every decision you make AND influence your wedding budget.
• This is an exercise for you. Each of you does this first part alone. No influence from your partner. The scale of 1-10
• To get a free PDF of this exercise, go to www.thebigweddingplanningpodcast.com/priorities

Links we referenced!

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Sign up for a free personal google account here: https://accounts.google.com/signup/v2/webcreateaccount?flowName=GlifWebSignIn&flowEntry=SignUp

www.thebigweddingplanningpodcast.com/priorities - Free PDF

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