Do you take planning breaks?

My "break" from planning is Thursday morning - Saturday night when I work 3 12-hour days in a row. It's rough, but definitely breaks things up!

The breaks I have taken are mainly during week nights as I work over an hour away and by the time I get home and get everything done I basically have no time to sit down and relax. Also, I have enjoyed being in my FH parent's pool on the weekends when I take a break from wedding plans.

I have definitely taken breaks in my planning process, but mostly because I have done everything I can up until that point and then I drive myself crazy because I feel like there is something more I should be doing. At that point it's better just to walk away from everything and come re-visit it all again in a few weeks.

We would set one day a week to do wedding planning, if we didn't feel up to it we would postpone to the next day. If we had any ideas or thoughts we would write them down and get to it on the planning day. Worked great. I head a harder time then my partner. But now that we're less than 20 days away it's coming in handy.

Yeah my apartment flooded a month ago so I got emergency evicted and the wedding has been on the back burner since. 55 days out !

View quoted message Same here, we are starting to look at staring some diy projects. I really like these flowers, but I don’t know where I’ll be able to find flowers similar to make them. Also going to look at making a Dutch wishing tree.

View quoted message I was quite surprised with the lack of off season discounts... but most of our vendors were less expensive to begin with. Most discounts are with traditional wedding venues that charge more for peak season.
We will need to do one more weekend this month of hardcore planning, then I can start puttering through my DIY projects

Yep I took a break at the end of May when we had my bachelorette party. I didn’t do much for three weeks including no wedding wire. It was great! Just what I needed.

I'm trying to focus on a weekend and weekday schedule!

Weekends are for planning and week days are break times it is helping tremendously with stress!

View quoted message That’s good, I was just ready to start planning right away had most of the major things booked a year in advance and we were able to get some good discounts. It doesn’t seem like here that there is much discount for being off-season. I’m so excited I can’t wait until January and at the same time I keep thinking about all the stuff we still need to do. My fiancé being allergic to flowers and me not wanting centre pieces with fake flowers I’m looking at what we can do.

I'm taking a break right now. I know I have a lot of time. So far I'm happy I've booked my venue, photographer and videograpgher. Those are my priorities just waiting for the contract to be mailed out so I can start saving and paying it off in advance. My brain needs a break

View quoted message Yay! Wedding buddies!
I want to get the majority of stuff done by the beginning/mid December so Christmas and stuff is stress free.
Because of being January, I have found a lot of vendors dont even need to book my consults until after this wedding season (Septembe for more)... and everyone has been free for our date that I have contacted.

I'm far enough away. so that helps.
I try my best not to plan/do much on weekends. minus maybe talking to fiancé or friends about stuff. I try to not even go on WW on weekends. just to give my brain the break.
About a month after we got engaged. I did go head first into planning because I wanted us to get vendors/deposits paid that way we had lots of time to pay things and be able to pay stuff a little bit each month.

View quoted message Just reading that you are 6 months out and I noticed we are getting married on the same date lol.

We had the major stuff booked far in advance, just planning more decor and what not. I definitely take breaks from the planning, but I want to have the majority done 2 months out so that I can relax and not stress.

I Definitely take breaks! Since I'm still over a year, it' quite doable. Also planning long distance so I'm unable to meet vendors all the time. My venue is booked, which is all inclusive with ceremony and reception spaces, catering, bar, etc. so there are some things I don't have to really worry about.

Sure. I go a few days here and there without even mentioning the wedding. We are still far enough out (6 months), that I haven't even had to start diving in to the nitty gritty details yet. Unfortunately, taking a more lax approach also means we need to secure our DJ & Officiant still. Eeks. Must do this ASAP.

Also engagement photos need to be booked, and invitations ordered...

I totally took breaks when I was planning! If I hadn't I would have lost my sanity!

Yes, we take a lot of breaks, even if we're having a short engagement. We usually spend max 2-3 evenings a week in full planning mode, although we might talk about some things at other times. We also occasionally take weeks off.

I go through phases! We are getting married in 2019 and I booked most of my vendors this winter. Then I took a break for a couple of months - and then I bought my wedding dress!. We are planning a wedding in NB from Ottawa, so this summer we are going over there for a few weeks and I'll be able to meet with my decorator, coordinator and check in with the hotel. We will also be doing our engagement session! It's exciting but I need to take breaks because then I end up being anxious and having wedding nightmares haha

So far I haven't found a way to not plan. I am trying to get everything booked and then I can rely on a list and take a step back. If I don't then I will end up with no photographer or no social or something!

I was in planning mode since the time my husband said ok to a small wedding. It was hands on for me and all details were taken care by myself. All the vendors were able to work towards all details provided. I had lists and tasks completed on here too done.

Oh yeah! If I was in wedding mode all the time I'm sure I would drive a lot of people nuts (especially my fiance who is not a planner at allll)

We have days together that are wedding specific! But also have a lot of days that are just for us and no wedding bukbuk (unless a quick note of comment, nothing serious planning wise)

We still have just under a year and I have made a very detailed checklist to follow which we are keeping track of! Slow and steady! Stress free!