Oh wow, it has been an insanely busy week.
One of the best parts of my year is a festival that i help organise in my home town.
It runs over the June bank holiday and this years festival is 10 times bigger than other years.
In the few months leading up to it, its mostly committee meetings and calling/emailing/facebook-ing people, nothing too strenuous or demanding.
But in the 2 weeks before it, all hell breaks loose.
We decorate the town top to bottom with flags and bunting and pretty things, put up signs all over the county, stick up posters and hand out leaflets. And that is all heavy lifting and up and down ladders.
The week of, we have to run around and check every little last thing to make sure its all ready to go. My phone has not stopped ringing since Friday and I FUCKING LOVE IT.
I love this part almost as much as the actual weekend itself. The adrenaline is pumping and you have to think on your feet. Something goes wrong and you cant panic or cry. You just have to fix it.
Last year, some of our talent and our bouncy castle company cancelled last minute ( 3 days before our launch) and instead of freaking out, i just thought.... I can totally fix this. I thrive under pressure.
It made me stronger. We all need to face things like that in life to make us stronger.
I dont mean life or death situations because I dont even know if i could handle that, but situations where if you dont think on your feet, everything will fall apart.
It makes us stronger and we need that to help us grow as people.
There are two types of situations in life that you will face
Those you have no control over and Those you do have the power to fix if it goes wrong
We have no control over the weather so it makes no sense to spend time worrying or stressing when nothing we say or do has any affect on the outcome. Just let it happen
But if someone cancels at the last minute and you have 5 minutes to get on the phone and call a replacement, then you should and then it is ok to worry a bit. Keep calm, breath and fix it. And if you have tried everything and it cant be fixed, pat yourself on the back for working your butt off and trying and go about your day. Its not the end of the world
Festival starts on Thursday night but opens officially on Friday. Wont end until Monday night.
5 days of little sleep, eating on the go, music and art and dance and culture and noise and fucking awesome people.
Hell yeah...bring it on
Nova xxx
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