Pre-Conference Stress

I am so stressed about the CLA conference coming up, I have four different groups to which I have made commitments.

I received the best advice from my colleague Julie Moore about conferences....reprinted with her permission.

"Try to pace yourself. Planning and doing a conference is rather like running a marathon ... and the last month is a sprint!!! There are always things that come up that you could not have planned on, so you have to stay flexible and roll with it all. Especially at the national level, I always feel like the people who are doing the planning and speaking are kind of like the thoroughbred racehorses at a race ... and right before the conference, it is just like right before a horserace ... with lots of nerves, stomping their feet, and a lot of snorting and whinneying going on! Then when they go to do their talks, everyone settles down and acts all professional. And afterwards, they are all prancing around!"

Thanks Julie!