Planning & Timeline
A Run Sheet Is Not a Schedule, and the Difference Shows on the Day
A schedule says what happens when. A run sheet says who does it, where they need to be and what has to be true beforehand.
Aparna Kulkarni
Contributing writer, Get Myself Married
Aparna writes about timelines and the decisions that unblock everything else.
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13 articles
Planning & Timeline
Planner, Coordinator or Venue Manager: Three Jobs People Keep Confusing
They are paid by different people to do different things, and assuming one covers another is how tasks end up belonging to nobody.
Planning & Timeline
Decision Fatigue Is the Real Cost of Planning a Wedding
The difficulty is rarely any single choice. It is making three hundred small ones in a row while doing a job and being asked about…
Planning & Timeline
The Planning Document That Replaces Nineteen Browser Tabs
You do not need software. You need four lists that are always current and one place everyone knows to look.
Planning & Timeline
Planning a Wedding When Half the Family Lives on Another Continent
Distance does not make planning harder in general. It makes about six specific things harder, and each has a workaround.
Planning & Timeline
When the Plan Slips: Re-Planning Without Starting From Scratch
A supplier fails, a date moves, a family circumstance changes. The recovery is a triage exercise, and it is far shorter than it…
Planning & Timeline
The Wet Weather Plan You Hope Never to Use
An outdoor wedding is really two weddings, and the second one has to be good enough that you would not mind having it.
After the Wedding
The Marriage Certificate: Getting It, Copying It and Keeping It Safe
One document underpins every piece of admin that follows. Obtaining spare copies early is the single most useful thing you can do…
After the Wedding
Changing a Name After Marriage, or Deciding Not To
Nothing about a name changes automatically anywhere. It is a decision followed by a process, and both parts deserve more thought…
After the Wedding
A Thank-You System That Actually Gets Finished
The obstacle is never willingness. It is that the task has no structure, no list and no end, so it stays permanently in progress.
After the Wedding
What to Do With the Outfit After the Day
Cleaning has a time limit, storage has requirements and selling has a window. Deciding early is worth more than deciding perfectly.
After the Wedding
Closing Out Your Suppliers Without Leaving Loose Ends
Final payments, feedback, outstanding deliverables and returned items all belong to the same short task, and it is easier done in…
After the Wedding
Closing the Wedding Budget Honestly When It Is All Over
Most couples never total it up. Doing so once, calmly, is worth more than the months of anxious tracking that preceded it.