The Planner

No, this is not about the electronic one, not even the book style one. This post refers to those people who as a part of a 'group' are most adept at planning the social events for all those involved. And it's a lot more fun when there are other people as enthusiastic as you are to try and coordinate an entire get-together or event and to be responded to in an even more enthusiastic fashion. Hell, the second lot didn't have to plan or work out the logistics. They simply had to approve or disapprove of the potential plans made by the Planners. Back when I was at UC, we had a huge group and consequently there was always more than one person who was all 'enthu' to plan out other people's birthdays or Diwali bashes or just Saturday night dinners. I guess it was either the age that we were back then or the fact that everyone was single and so all company was welcome or both, but the occurrings have dwindled very noticeably over the past few years. Nowadays I find myself planning exceedingly simple gatherings to match the free evenings of just over 5 subtly interested people each time and always for something as simple as a movie or a bar or dinner. Anything else involves a multitude of planning and has never been as easy as it was before. I guess the group has shrunk from the large numbers of the UC days or even San Diego. More so, everyone has some other form of personal life too, other than one another. In other words, life happens.