I'm a planner, it's what I do.

I actually didn't choose to be an event planner so much as it chose me.  You see, I came to event planning by way of marketing, publicity, public relations, non-profit development.  Those careers all involved planning events and it was that part of my job that I looked forward to the most, and it was the event planning that came most naturally to me.  It's what came easiest and I did best...  poof, a career was born.

You see, planning is so deeply in my nature, I plan everything in life.  I'm planning a vacation right now,  we just booked our airline tickets to Turkey for two weeks in July.  It's now February and I've got just about everything laid out for it already.  I've got a working itinerary detailing how much sleep we'll get each night, how much driving we'll do, when we'll be at beaches and when we'll be at ruins, where we will stay, how long each drive will be each day, and I've listed reference materials to help understand why choices were made.  I did this in one evening.  I'm a planner, it's what I do.

When I get a new client, I research that client and try to learn everything about them so that when I plan the event, it fits their message.  When I plan an event, I obsess over every little detail, leaving nothing unplanned.  It's at my very core, that's how I know I'm great at what I do, nothing about this work goes against my nature, there is no part of the job I dislike at all.  Seriously.  I love every single inch of it.

How many people can say that?  Do you do what you love?  Is every part of your job aligned with your personality and skills?  I truly hope so!