Social Butterfly

This past weekend, The Professional was a guest at a social gathering hosted by an old college friend of hers. The event was lots of fun, well thought-out, and hosted creatively by someone who really wanted all of her friends to enjoy each others' company. Her girlfriend did a fabulous job!

The hostess invited her network of friends from various portions of her life: Family, College Friends, Guy Friends, Girl Friends, Work Friends, etc. Of course, her guestlist was well thought-out, and she undoubtedly invited those people that she knew would get a long and have a great time. It worked, and her event was a smash hit.

As The Professional made her way through the party, catching up with old friends & colleagues, and meeting new people whose acquaintance she was genuinely pleased to make, she realized that she really should make an effort to be more social in the New Year. It was a friend of the Hostess whom The Professional had met years before, who struck the nail on the head by thoughtfully commenting "You know Kelly, we haven't really seen you since Amon passed away." She was right. And that was 2004.

Sure, The Professional has reasons (excuses?) as to why she brought her extracirricular socializing (as in: not work-related) to a serious halt after her best and most beloved friend passed. And sure--a lot of times she would honestly rather just be at home alone. But at what point should The Professional assess the situation and adjust? She's thinking the time is probably now.

The Professional believes that New Year's resolutions are hella corny, but she will take this opportunity to make a commitment to herself to make an effort--a sincere effort--to be more social in the year 2009. This weekend's event reminded her that she has some great friends to keep company with, and that there are some fantastic new people out there for her to meet.

She will start by bringing in the New Year at the Honey Collective's NYE event at Blue Velvet in The Professional's playground: Downtown Los Angeles. She'll see you there :-)