Coffee? Check. Clipboard? Check. More coffee? Check. An extra battery pack and your favorite black flats? Check. When it comes to being an event planner, these things are common, but there’s more to the job than coffee! These are the everyday signs that you’re definitely an event planner.
- When you wake up on event day and it’s sunny, you give a little cheer, regardless of whether your event is indoors or outdoors.
- Your wardrobe is basically all black.
- Your desk is drowning in past event swag.
- You dream in Excel.
- It’s impossible for you to attend an event as a guest and not make a million mental notes (or feel constant sympathy for the event organizer), and you have to resist the urge to lend a helping hand.
- You have notebooks in your car, by your bed, and at your desk.
- When you tell people your job title, you always cringe when they say, “That sounds fun!” Yes, it’s fun, they’re not wrong, but you’re not getting paid to party!
- Weekends? Holidays? What are those?
- A color-coded schedule gives you a thrill.
- Your friends and family gave up long ago on trying to surprise you with a spontaneous road trip.
- No one can multitask like you can.
- Growing up, you were always the party host.
- You have an emergency kit on hand at all times, and it contains everything from deodorant to nail polish remover to aspirin. Yes, it’s a random assortment, but every single item has saved the day at one point or another.
- The local coffee shop knows your name (and order) by heart.
- You’ve had a nightmare the night before an event.
- When you and your friends are going out for the night, everyone always looks to you for the plan and itinerary.
- You have a plan A, but that’s not all — you’re prepared all the way through plan Z.
- As a child, you always organized your toys.
- Once upon a time, when you were new to the industry, you wore your favorite heels to an event, but boy did you learn quickly. Now, you only wear shoes that can withstand at least 12 hours of constant walking (and let’s be honest, they’re black).
- You have about 50 to-do lists, and sometimes they end up all over the place.
- Your “vacation style” consists of detailed packing spreadsheets and a carefully planned itinerary.
- If someone tries to make plans with you, even if it’s months in advance, you have to check your calendar.
- You have a funny (and/or traumatizing) story about every venue within a 30-mile radius.
- It doesn’t matter what the mess is — you’re confident that you can fix it with duct tape.
- You’ve used past event swag as a last-minute gift.
- You feel naked without a clipboard and a headset.
- The week before an event, you check your weather app every five minutes.
- If anything goes wrong on vacation, everyone always looks to you for plan B.
- When your friends complain about their 9-5 work week, you resist the urge to point out how lucky they are to have a consistent schedule.
- You’ve developed a voice that sounds like you’re speaking into a megaphone, but you’re not; it’s your event voice.
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