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In a planning rut and can't get out! Help!! (Kinda Long)

So, I have not had any interest in doing anything wedding in the last few weeks and I figured it was just a phase but I still feel that way.  Any pointers on how to get out of this rut?  I'm just so done with making decisions and going to hobby lobby and looking for ideas online, etc! 
We haven't even picked out any music yet!  Nor have we asked anyone to read, or picked out verses and readings for our ceremony!!  FI hasn't even started shopping for his GM, we have no idea what to get the parents, and the list goes on an on!  Not to mention--we only have TWO months left!  
I feel like there's just way too many decisions and it's all jumbled in my brain and I don't know how to get back into the groove of things and start checking things off the list!  Anyone else go through this and what advice can you give me?  We had a very short engagement so we've been going full speed ahead pretty much the whole time and now I think we're just wore out : (

Re: In a planning rut and can't get out! Help!! (Kinda Long)

  • morgie44morgie44 member
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    edited December 2011
    I definitely went through phases of being really into planning and then phases of not wanting to think about ANYTHING wedding related.  Honestly, all of the things you listed, we put off until a month (or less) leading up to the wedding.  For ceremony music, I just told our musicians the songs we wanted to walk in and out for and to fill in the rest with whatever he thought would be best.  I just didn't care anymore.  It all worked out in the end and we actually had a lot of compliments on our ceremony music!  Maybe take a break and have a date night/weekend with your FI and make a vow to not talk or think about the wedding at all, but just enjoy yourselves. 
  • HMandKWHMandKW member
    10 Comments
    edited December 2011

    I think everyone goes through that.  There's only so much you can do before it starts getting tedious.  I don't think you're that far behind though.  We're 2 months out and still have alot of the ceremony, music, gift, etc planning to do (not to mention printing and mailing our invites).  Give yourself a break.  Take this week and next weekend off. Don't even look at magazines or anything online wedding related.  I did that about a month ago and it helped. 

  • edited December 2011
    I think that is exactly the point where I stopped as well, things are starting to fall into place now, but I think I just started again at about the month mark.  Just take the well deserved break!
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  • edited December 2011
    Same thing with me to :)  Don't feel bad.  I just started doing everything about 2 weeks ago and I am getting married in 16 days :)  Granted we had to go to a wedding ceremony workshop at our church in February where we picked out music, etc.....but I really did not feel like doing anything...I still have moments of inspiration and then all of the sudden I just don't want to do it anymore.  I am naturally a procrastinator....
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