Plan a big party
A birthday that matters, a wedding, a party to bring everyone together. You can already picture the evening. What you don't have is the list of everything to sort out before, or the order to do it in.
Everything gets booked too late
Venues get booked months ahead, caterers too, and guests need the date early. By the time you think of it, it's often already late.
And the big day comes with its own list: who sets up, who tidies, who fetches the ice. If nobody is named, it's you.
Settle four things first: the kind of party, the date, the budget and the number of guests. The venue, the food and the mood follow from them.
An example of the path
Here's what this project can look like once it's broken down. Yours starts from your answers, beginning with what you already have and what's holding you back. It will come out different, and that's on purpose.
- Milestone 1
Frame your party
- Choose where you'll keep all your party notesDone
- Write down why you're throwing this party and what you want your guests to experience
- Choose the kind of party by comparing 3 possible formats
- Find 3 possible dates by checking the calendar constraints
- Milestone 2
Find the venue
You visit, choose and book the venue for your date.
Coming up, broken down when you get there - Milestone 3
Food and drinks
The menu, the quantities and the suppliers or the shopping are settled.
Coming up, broken down when you get there - Milestone 4
Plan the big day
An hour-by-hour schedule, the equipment list, and helpers named for each task.
Coming up, broken down when you get there - Milestone 5
The day and after
The party happens, the venue is tidied, and the thank-yous go out.
Coming up, broken down when you get there
Your first step, tonight
Choose where you'll keep all your party notes
Five minutes. A notebook or a note on your phone, whichever: one place for everything.
How the path adapts to you
You say all of this in the opening questions, and you can change it later.
- Already have your venue? Add it under "What you already have": the venue milestone shrinks to confirming it.
- Date already set? Give it under "By when?": every step is dated to meet it, and you're warned if something slips.
- Picking "A bit every day"? The steps get smaller, and there's one almost every day.
Your project has waited long enough.
Name your goal. It starts here.
In a few minutes, you'll know exactly where to start. The first step takes less time than thinking about it again.
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