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Work backward from the feeling you want to create—not just the time on the clock There is a particular kind of panic that arrives before a party does. The food is not quite ready. The ice is still in the garage. You have changed your shirt twice. And just as you notice that the powder room needs a fresh hand towel, the doorbell rings. Professional event planners avoid much of this last-minute chaos by working backward from the moment the first guest arrives. In a recent Good
