I'm barely getting in the swing of things after this weekend's festival in Las Vegas. If you didn't know yet about my other half.. It's events. I've been in event planning and production since 2001.. In fact July marks my tenth year and am looking at doing a benefit show in thanksgiving for these 10 years. (I hope you'll go!)
I just finished a festival over the weekend. And other event planners know the feeling that comes over you afterwards. It usually occurs after you have slept 48 hours, scarfed down a lot of rice, and drank a few gallons of water. This feeling comes over you .... A feeling of being BORED. It is not surprising. You go from being super busy, to looking for something to do. Then your boredom turns into feeling SAD.
Even if you have another event around the corner, you end up feeling this way until you're thrown back into crunch time. It's a weird addiction. I took a break from it for awhile but it seems to be returning into my space. I'm trying to figure out if I'm going to jump into another one right now. Actually been trying to figure out a lot of things. My start of 2010 hasn't been great like most years. In fact it's gotten me shook up. Got me reevaluating my work. Pushing me to think about me. Has got me soul searching. Has got me wondering about what kind of work will make me happy.
Hopefully something will come up soon. For now I'm distracting myself by cleaning the house and doing handyman work. Oh yea and reading. Lots and lots of reading.
Fellow event planners -- why do you think events are so addicting? What happens to you during your post event stage?
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