I'm a planner. Born, bred, raised - I don't know, but however it came to be...I LOVE a good list.
Naturally,
trying to make a to-do list for my wedding was step #1 on the priority
list that fateful first day of being engaged... HA! What a joke that was
- not only did I have zero idea of timing for when things should be
checked off...I had no clue what should actually be on my list! So I
started with a few obvious choices...dress, date, venue, photographer,
cake (actually that was number one....), and a rockin' band. Each day I
would add to the list when a new task arose or when I remembered
something else that needed to be included in my wedding. Of course, my
short and organized list slowly grew to become multiple sticky notes
ghetto rigged onto one 3 foot sticky note with scotch tape. The next few
hours were spent crying, laughing, and threatening to elope multiple.
The next day, I hired a wedding planner - and let me be honest, BEST MOVE I EVER MADE.
My
life became considerably easier and slightly less chaotic - but dammit,
I missed my to-do list! Obviously it was a little sadistic to leave my
life of travel and leisure to put more stress upon myself, but hey -
what is being a bride all about right? :)
So yesterday, I made a new list (or shall we call it - a
continuation of my new years resolutions with heightened sense of
purpose now have an actual goal or wedding date as they call it....) So
here it goes:
1. Eat clean
- I've always been a
very healthy individual by choice, but have fallen into some bad habits
with my fiance and I living together... He is nothing short of amazing,
yet has the strangest ability to convince me that the poorest food
choices actually sound like a good idea.
i.e. Ryan- "Let's stay
at home and watch a movie with a good bottle of wine tonight OK?" Me- OF
COURSE! My ideal night and so sweet to offer a night in. Ryan- "And so
we don't have to worry about cooking or cleaning up the kitchen - I'll
just order a nice little pizza." Me- OK, I guess that makes sense.
3 slices later and half a bottle of Pinot later.....adios flat tummy, hello indigestion!
2. Stay positive and don't gossip
- Again, something I've
always tried to do my whole life.... but amidst the wedding planning and
dealing with questions, comments, criticisms....I may have strayed a
bit to far from the "don't gossip" area...! Guilty as charged.
3. Become a Yogi (or at least become a regular)
- I've done yoga in the past, and for awhile in college - I got
pretty into the scene (this was in Boulder though so that made things a
lot easier....). But now - I've got a pretty good sense of workouts
outside of yoga - but there is something obviously and overtly
intimidating about getting up and going to a class. Someone once
said....the hardest part about going to yoga is walking in the door -
Amen sister.
4. Try something new everyday
- Even if it is a little
thing, do SOMETHING new or different every day. This one is going to be
the hardest for me, I'm not sure why - but I like my routines.
There
it is- the next list in my long career of scheduling. But you know
what, I feel pretty good about this one. Hopefully we can set some more
concrete goals for the wedding. But let's be honest, step 1 is just
about getting them on paper!
To be continued...
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