A wedding

Yesterday, my friends daughter got married.  I went along to the church ceremony for a 'sticky beak' - you've just gotta love a wedding!!  She made a spectacularly beautiful bride and her three sisters looked absolutely stunning in their bridesmaids dresses.  I've never seen my friend so happy and so excited as she arrived at the church before her daughter.

During the service, the priest naturally enough talked about love and he said that in 20, 30, 50 years time they will be married to each other for a different reason than the reason they were getting married today.  What he meant by that was that their love and respect for each other would grow and change over the years, as the different events in their lives would shape their feelings for each other.  It was a lovely message.

It got me to thinking about how you go about achieveing that and part of it would have to come down to time management.  That may sound a bit simplistic and to be honest it probably is, but when you look at it, there's some truth in it! 

It's really all about work/life balance.  Let's face it, if you spend too much time at work, you're not going to be spending time together and over time you can easily drift apart.  If you have good time management techniques at work, then you can get out of there on time and spend time where you really want to be - together.

Planning is the key to great time management and a planning a wedding is a great preparation for your life ahead.  You have to plan and prepare a huge range of people and events: from the bridesmaids and groomsmen; the church and priest; the guest list; invitations; the reception centre, including table settings, music, food choices, colour scheme (will it match the colour scheme of your wedding party); the cars; who will look after the presents; thank you notes; the honeymoon; not to mention the hardest thing of all - the seating arrangements at the reception!... and the list goes on! 

If you can plan a wedding, then making a plan for your day at work will be a piece of (wedding) cake.  When you plan your day at work, make sure you take into account interruptions which may occur.  If you have a day of meetings, only put a couple of things on your To Do List.  Be realistic about what you can achieve in a day and dont stress about what cant be done, but plan to do it another day.  Then go home and enjoy yourself, safe in the knowledge that because of your great planning, everything will get done.

Have a good weekend with your loved one and dont stress about Monday!