My Friends + Family Plan
September 1st, 2010
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I love my job. I really do. I literally love getting out of bed and getting ready to come to work everyday so I can create amazing memories for people. I get to help shape the most important milestones that our clients will experience in their lifetimes and I can’t get enough of it. People ask me all the time if I prefer weddings, mitzvahs or corporate events. The truth is, I love them all. Who wouldn’t love the way it feels to send a bride down the aisle to meet her soulmate, or hear a child read from the Torah in front of a congregation full of family and friends or help a non-profit organization achieve their fundraising goals in one incredible evening? Event planning is more than a career – it is serious fun.
The fun comes in many ways. From the initial meeting to determine the scope of the event, to the site visits to find the perfect venue, to the food tastings to ensure the guests are satisfied, to the millions of phone calls and emails to discuss the most minute details – it is all part of the process. But the best part – the most incredible feeling – the icing on the cake – is the look on the client’s face and the feeling I get when they tell me the next day what they thought. It is the part I most enjoy, the part I eagerly anticipate and the part that makes all of it truly worthwhile. I grow to love these clients as though they are part of my family, even for just a short while. I take a little bit of every event with me to the next one and learn so much along the way. I can’t thank my clients enough for giving me the privilege of being their planner. One client recently sent me an email saying: “Thank you for everything you did to orchestrate the perfect weekend for our friends and family! Now, by the way, you officially fit into both categories.” I am so lucky to get to extend my circle of friends and my family as the years go by. To those of you who I have had the pleasure of working with, thank you. To those of you getting ready to plan an event, I hope to be able to call you my friend and family soon, too. With clients like that, why would I ever consider doing anything else? |
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