First Steps to my very own toast
As Beccy and I decided to get married, writing my own groom wedding speech was something I did not really think about. Even though I thought about every word for days, to make sure to create a very romantic, unforgettable moment asking her to marry me.
I realized the importance of giving a good marriage toast
In planning and preparation for the wedding, there was so much to do and so little time that I did not really realize how important this speech would be. Especially not, how challenging this task really was. Obviously, giving your speech is a moment in your life you certainly do not want to mess up.
Imagine everybody who is important to you and your future wife will be there. If you screw up there, you don’t need to mess up any other time in life: People will always remember.
As I realized that, as mentioned on my About page through a grooms speech on a wedding both of us attended. I knew I needed to prepare pretty darn well for this. So I decided to give the best groom wedding speech, I possibly could. But honestly – that made me kind of nervous.
My first attempts to write my own marriage speech
So I sat down and tried to start writing my own speech as I thought I would give it on our marriage day. Hours passed and I did not get any results. So I decided try different creative approaches, but it was not satisfying.
First attempts trying to write my speech - after hours: Just an empty paper
What finally worked for me, writing my own toast
One way that kind of worked for me, was brainstorming different things I wanted to say to the different people. So I took my piece of paper, started writing the names of people I wanted to mention in my speech. Then I created a little mind map of things I wanted to mention for each person. But I crossed most of it out after looking at it a little later.
But still, the best part was Brainstorming my speech. If you want to try it: At this point don’t worry about a certain order, any jokes or quotes. Just write down, what comes to your mind and let it flow naturally. Simply writing down what comes to your mind will take the pressure off you and you will easily write down your personal ideas.
At this point do not look at any speech examples. Else you will be influenced by what you have read so far. So just let your mind flow, gathering your very own ideas. This is the first step to manage successfully creating your own speech.
