finished up my final stream tech shift at gdq! here's a short summary of how they went:
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finished up my final stream tech shift at gdq! here's a short summary of how they went:
somewhat of a followup to the previous post (edit: the one about being solitary, not the bird. thanks tumblr) - someone i met at gdq last january saw that i was attending again and messaged that they were excited to see me
we're all going to make it, ok?
clothes: set out
alarm AND backup: set
melatonin: taken
mixtape: wound to SQUARE UP
nothing left to do but Send It
halfway through a post about how it feels like everyone here has been friends with everyone else for ten years and then there's me, the bug
and a guy sits down in the chair next to me and mentions that It Is A Lot and it's his first time here
riding out the last emotional wave
iiiiii knew that i would get worried Right Up until the event started but. that doesn't stop the lizard brain from not trying to act on it so here i am in a dingy coffee shop in a city i do not know and all my base impulses are telling me to Run. where? dunno! just run! away!
i am no stranger to Do It Scared and i know it'll be fun! even waking up at 2 AM has this sort of Thrill to it! but Do It Scared can be hard to stick to when there's this everpresent concern of What If It Sucks. what if everyone already has their cliques and the work is awful and i end up spending all of this money (which i really shouldn't be doing!!) to be lonely and miserable in a new way away from home. But What If.
even the knowledge that i have friends coming here hasn't been very helpful because What If my stupid schedule that i agreed to because i want to be Helpful to a Fault means that i have to be sleeping when everyone is out having fun. hkffnfdkfv
I know this is good for me. I know the way to be more confident is doing things like this and I am Confident that they will, at the least, be Pleased with my volunteering performance. and i have signed up for a few Events so at the least my fear of being perceived will have to fight my fear of disappointing someone. it will be fun!
just wish i could get all of my brain to trust me on that!