Wedding budget - this section can cause the most disagreements in the wedding planning process. And it is especially relevant now, when the wedding budget planned for a year ago suddenly cannot fit the same choices anymore. Basically - everything has become twice as expensive. How much do we want to budget for which area? What to pay more for, what less? For recommendations on how to create a wedding budget, read the article: The biggest fear - the wedding budget.

But this time, let's look at how to avoid unnecessary worries about expenses when organizing a wedding, so that this process is enjoyable.

• The first condition should be mentioned taking care of oneself , one's emotional health and well-being, and sufficient rest and pampering of the physical body. A healthy and rested person, who has tasted harmony, is more balanced emotionally, more powerful in actions, and nothing will be able to knock him out of balance for a long period of time;

• Many problems, misunderstandings and experiences arise because people do not control their emotions, but rather emotions control a person, who identifies with the emotion. In this case, a person cannot step aside, taking the position of an observer. The position of the observer, in which you allow emotions to be and happen (because it is in no way suppressing emotions), helps you evaluate things with a cool mind, see solutions and act .

There are no such things that cannot be solved. And if we look at it in a wider context - the wedding budget definitely belongs to those things for which we can write a whole list of solutions, and whether it is a big or small wedding, none of them will change the essence of a wedding - a ritual in which to confirm your love and sense of responsibility towards each other. What could be the solutions? For example, a small wedding or even an elopement wedding for two, a change of wedding venue, a bohemian wedding picnic instead of a formal three-course dinner, digital invitations instead of paper invitations, etc.;

• Think about yourself . We are the generation that mostly grew up with the program: "What will be thought of you? The main thing is that others are good." But it is so unhealthy and destructive that an adult who still carries this program within him does not actually live his life and does not even know how to feel what and how he himself wants. Along with these programs, there can be a lack of understanding of what healthy selfishness is. And it is healthy selfishness that must be implemented in your everyday life. If you haven't done it yet, maybe your wedding is the moment to start? Healthy selfishness will manifest itself as the ability to say no to the ideas and wishes of others, because your parents, relatives and even friends will definitely have 101 tips and ideas about how you should celebrate your wedding. But it is your wedding, your special, intimate moment, and how to celebrate your wedding can be defined and decided only by you - the new couple. If, relieving yourself of unnecessary expenses and anxiety about finances, you decide to get married in pantsuits - do it!

• It is very important to be on the same page with your loved one about wedding budget spending plans. So this is where you really need to sit down, grab a calculator and some wedding budgeting tool like the LĪGAVĀM Wedding Planner , which has a great chart for planning your wedding budget . You can enter both the planned budget and the later actually spent. It is important to remember that a wedding is a big event (even a small wedding) in which there are many details that we cannot even imagine at the first moment, if we are not wedding organizing professionals, so we should also plan a reserve budget for these unexpected expenses.

• Build a timely financial security cushion . Knowing that you have this security guarantor to look to can take a lot of the worry away.

• Stick to the plan . It may happen that in the process of organizing a wedding, you crave this, that, and something else, but these are most often whims of the moment.

• If you have a big wedding, don't do it as a couple! Enjoy your holiday and the process of creating it! Practice shows that to avoid additional expenses, couples do not hire professional wedding planners, instead taking too many tasks and responsibilities on their shoulders. But the opposite happens! A wedding planning professional will free you from unnecessary hassles, and in addition - knows where to get what is more profitable and with whom to cooperate, so that this cooperation brings the most beautiful fruits.

Article author: Ieva Simanovića