A very simple tip but sanity saving tip for you brides planning your wedding, and especially to those brides having a budget and needing to plan a wedding on a budget. The idea here is not money saving, but to keep you organized and sane.
Make sure you have my free wedding checklist (you can get from my website), a day planner, a wall calendar, and the "swap space" notebook.
For your day planner and calendar, try using Google Docs and Google Calendar in addition to a pin up wall calendar.
I really like Google Docs because you can share them with each other and your wedding planner if you have one. Everyone can see what's going on up to the minute, and it's easy for anyone to update it. The Google Calendar has similar benefits. You can put your appointments into your Google Calendar and it will show up on everyone else's Google calendar as well. It's even more convenient if you have smart phones that can access the Google calendar wherever you are. And finally visually it is always helpful to see a pin up wall calendar to visually see the dates progress.
Now you're ready for my tip about the swap space notebook. This came from one of my friends who's really into computers.
Whenever a computer is doing a task, it loads all the information it needs into its memory, or RAM. While it seems like computers do a lot of things at once, in reality they do one thing at a time, even if you have a lot of programs running at the same time. Computers make this work by loading any information they're not currently using (any information not related to the one task they're doing at the moment) into what's called "virtual memory" or "swap space". That information stays in swap space until it's needed, at which point the computer loads it back into memory.
People are like computers.
We also do not multi-task even if we think we're doing a lot of things at once. In reality, we focus on one thing at a time, even if it's not for very long. Like computers, we move information we're not directly using into our own holding area, the subconscious memory. We keep the information we're actively using at the forefront of our minds in our conscious memory.
Yet in other ways people are not like computers.
We may be good at moving information into our swap space, but we're not so good at bringing it back to memory. Just think of the times you have a name or word on the tip of your tongue but just can't think of it. How about when you hear a song but just cannot recall the name? Then the name will come to you sometime later, but too late to help you. Humans are imperfect when it comes to recalling information from our swap space.
To avoid moments like this in your wedding planning, you need a Swap Space Notebook.
It may sound fancy but it's really a regular little notebook and pen. Take these everywhere with you. The idea is to write down your ideas whenever they come to you. Jot them down fast and don't worry about organization, because the point is to get it on paper quickly so you can forget about it.
At any time you can flip back to your notebook. It may not be in order, but you have the security knowing it's in there somewhere so you can freely forget about it and not worry about it
Planning a wedding, you will find your brain will function in many the same way. These kinds of things are guaranteed to happen: You will all of the sudden think of the VERY BEST idea for a wedding favor. You will think all of the sudden the VERY BEST first dance song. You will think all of the sudden the MOST FUN reception game to play. You will all of the sudden remember THREE KEY QUESTIONS to ask your reception venue. And so forth. JOT IT DOWN AND DON'T FORGET IT!
And there's my tip to help you stay cool and organized. Congratulations and happy wedding planning!
Make sure you have my free wedding checklist (you can get from my website), a day planner, a wall calendar, and the "swap space" notebook.
For your day planner and calendar, try using Google Docs and Google Calendar in addition to a pin up wall calendar.
I really like Google Docs because you can share them with each other and your wedding planner if you have one. Everyone can see what's going on up to the minute, and it's easy for anyone to update it. The Google Calendar has similar benefits. You can put your appointments into your Google Calendar and it will show up on everyone else's Google calendar as well. It's even more convenient if you have smart phones that can access the Google calendar wherever you are. And finally visually it is always helpful to see a pin up wall calendar to visually see the dates progress.
Now you're ready for my tip about the swap space notebook. This came from one of my friends who's really into computers.
Whenever a computer is doing a task, it loads all the information it needs into its memory, or RAM. While it seems like computers do a lot of things at once, in reality they do one thing at a time, even if you have a lot of programs running at the same time. Computers make this work by loading any information they're not currently using (any information not related to the one task they're doing at the moment) into what's called "virtual memory" or "swap space". That information stays in swap space until it's needed, at which point the computer loads it back into memory.
People are like computers.
We also do not multi-task even if we think we're doing a lot of things at once. In reality, we focus on one thing at a time, even if it's not for very long. Like computers, we move information we're not directly using into our own holding area, the subconscious memory. We keep the information we're actively using at the forefront of our minds in our conscious memory.
Yet in other ways people are not like computers.
We may be good at moving information into our swap space, but we're not so good at bringing it back to memory. Just think of the times you have a name or word on the tip of your tongue but just can't think of it. How about when you hear a song but just cannot recall the name? Then the name will come to you sometime later, but too late to help you. Humans are imperfect when it comes to recalling information from our swap space.
To avoid moments like this in your wedding planning, you need a Swap Space Notebook.
It may sound fancy but it's really a regular little notebook and pen. Take these everywhere with you. The idea is to write down your ideas whenever they come to you. Jot them down fast and don't worry about organization, because the point is to get it on paper quickly so you can forget about it.
At any time you can flip back to your notebook. It may not be in order, but you have the security knowing it's in there somewhere so you can freely forget about it and not worry about it
Planning a wedding, you will find your brain will function in many the same way. These kinds of things are guaranteed to happen: You will all of the sudden think of the VERY BEST idea for a wedding favor. You will think all of the sudden the VERY BEST first dance song. You will think all of the sudden the MOST FUN reception game to play. You will all of the sudden remember THREE KEY QUESTIONS to ask your reception venue. And so forth. JOT IT DOWN AND DON'T FORGET IT!
And there's my tip to help you stay cool and organized. Congratulations and happy wedding planning!
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