be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle
A certain sort of Arisia exhaustion among the volunteers is just about as seasonal as Frosty the Snowman and reminding everyone to get a flu shot before its too late. I've written about it before, here http://roozle.livejournal.com/196995.html at least and probably other places.
This is the low point before the high. When we get to January 14th or so the excitement of how we're actually doing this thing that we've worked on for so long will take over. But if you're working on Arisia right now and it feels like a long slog at the moment, my informal survey says that, if it helps to know that, you are not at all alone.
None of these "safety tips" are revolutionary:
1. take care of your health first.
2. ask for what you need -- but kindly
3. a thank you goes further than you can imagine
4. assume the best, make contingency plans anyway
Stay safe, enjoy New Year's Eve, see you at the last concomm meeting next Saturday, and then at Arisia 2014, which will be wonderful.
This is the low point before the high. When we get to January 14th or so the excitement of how we're actually doing this thing that we've worked on for so long will take over. But if you're working on Arisia right now and it feels like a long slog at the moment, my informal survey says that, if it helps to know that, you are not at all alone.
None of these "safety tips" are revolutionary:
1. take care of your health first.
2. ask for what you need -- but kindly
3. a thank you goes further than you can imagine
4. assume the best, make contingency plans anyway
Stay safe, enjoy New Year's Eve, see you at the last concomm meeting next Saturday, and then at Arisia 2014, which will be wonderful.