How to prepare for the marriage more than the wedding?

I'm getting married in a little less than a year and the wedding is going to be small and intimate (I never wanted a big wedding). I'm getting a little bit of anxiety about spending my life with someone because I was truly content being single until I met someone worth sharing my life with. Over the last year or so, I've been working a lot on my self such as making sure that I'm emotionally stable without bringing major personal issues into the marriage, being more selfless, maintaining an active healthy lifestyle, paying off all my personal debt including school loans, and being self-sufficient by knowing how to cook and maintain an organized home through living on my own for the past 5 years. What other major or little things should I start thinking about that maybe didn't come up for you until you were in the marriage? We're also not planning on living together until we get married. Thank you!!

Submitted May 28, 2019 at 06:06PM

I'm getting married in a little less than a year and the wedding is going to be small and intimate (I never wanted a big wedding). I'm getting a little bit of anxiety about spending my life with someone because I was truly content being single until I met someone worth sharing my life with. Over the last year or so, I've been working a lot on my self such as making sure that I'm emotionally stable without bringing major personal issues into the marriage, being more selfless, maintaining an active healthy lifestyle, paying off all my personal debt including school loans, and being self-sufficient by knowing how to cook and maintain an organized home through living on my own for the past 5 years. What other major or little things should I start thinking about that maybe didn't come up for you until you were in the marriage? We're also not planning on living together until we get married. Thank you!!