Get married they said! Take his surname, they said! How to change your last name within a year, without losing your mind

Don’t mind me while I celebrate the end of the most admin-filled period of my life: changing my last name. It was a rigorous mission, but I was determined to do it in record time, or at the very least, by the time the clock struck one year of being a wifey. Because the longer you leave it, the more daunting it gets. And it is a rather daunting and uninspiring process to complete…

Welcome to the final leg of the journey; from engagement to marriage and so-called happily ever after; this is the part that nobody talks about, and the final jolt back to reality post wedded bliss: changing your last name in every place you exist.