Chasing will soon lead to catching dreams

Ok so those of you whom have been with me for a while know that I am on a mission to take event planning from my side job to my full time job, right? And my “other” blog is Notes from the Bridal Brain so named due to a blog I posted on Myspace only a few short months away from my own wedding. With that said…….the event planning career pursuit has become an obsession. What can I say, I’ve known what I wanted to be when I grew up for a while and for some reason on the eve of ( my 31st) the tenth anniversary of my 21st birthday…..making the leap of faith is all I can think about. My lunch breaks are being spent blogging about weddings, reading wedding books, learning about marketing for events careers, visiting Brides and The Knot……to be honest, I’m not sure I was this obsessed when I was planning my own wedding. I even dream weddings and event planning.

(sigh) I’d ask if there’s wedding planners anonymous, but I’m not sure I want it to stop. Yesterday, I designed my logo! LOL. Which by the way…..I might need your opinion on that later, because I designed a few I like. A few months ago, I asked God for the perfect event planning career to find me by my birthday. I would be most comfortable working for someone whom has been in the business forever so I may learn. I need an event planning yoda to take me under their wing. Ideally, at some point I want to own an events facility. I’ve been in contact with our local Chamber of Commerce and saving up for my membership, after all life isn’t always what you know, but who you know. This is the dream I’ve been chasing and I’m determined to catch it by May 8th and begin my “labor of love” by June 8th.

LOL. What have you wanted in life so bad you could taste it?

Buying into your own dreams

I have been described as ………………….. Hard Working ……………. Creative ………. Wonderful ……………. Kind …………. Trustworthy ……….. Honest …… Polite …………. Outgoing ……………. Strong willed ………….. Caring ………. A good friend ………… Selfless .......... and many others. However the opposite of all these adjectives are true as well. Only most times, only God knows about them. I am a planner which is an advantage and a disadvantage. I can make plans well, but without seeing results I am sometimes easily distracted. I have been praying about a life change I dearly want, and God is answering. But, I came to the realization yesterday that I have become lazy. My trust in God taking care of my needs has increased, but at some point I stopped doing the work I was supposed to do. I allowed my fear of putting my all into something and failing dictate my current inaction. God can not be the only one working.

So, now its time to buy into my own dreams, build a plan and follow through with it. So, I realize that I need to remain in my current job and give it my all. God isn’t finished teaching me a few lessons. Through struggle there is growth as well. The work plan, is to get on a schedule, get organized again, and follow through with working hard and following up. My event planning plan is still in the works. I found a certificate program where I matriculated originally. It is a 300 hours course (Ugh!!! Better dust and tap into the student within.) and a very good one at that. They cover everything from event planning, owning your own business, accounting, ethnic wedding traditions, bridal gown fashion trends and running a booth at a bridal show. And the best part is that I have others buying into my dream. As much as I wish I could careless about what other people think……. I work best surrounded by people to bounce ideas off of and sad to say I also need my own little cheerleading section.

Here we go….

BE AGGRESSIVE
BE – BE – AGGRESSIVE
B-E ….A – G – G – R- E- S- S- I – V – E
AGGRESSIVE!!!!!

That said I plan to be much more aggressive in learning the skills God wishes me to learn and working hard toward our common goal.

Back to the job I get paid for currently.