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Event Nerves
21-01-2010Twas the night before an event and all through my head, were thoughts of fear and notions of dread. Ok it’s no night before Christmas jig but you get the idea.
In case you haven’t already guessed, I have a big event on this weekend. I love working on events. The rushing and running around as the day gets closer, the organisation, the late nights in work, the last-minute details, the checklists and the double checking of the check lists, it’s all part of the event management. And I love it.The one thing I don’t love is the sleepless nights before. The tossing and turning, the dreams about the event and every possible scenario that could go wrong. I have spoken to tons of people in PR and they all the same, the night before it all kicks off can seem like the longest night.
This week has been full of sleepless nights for me – all part of the lead up. The photocalls, the radio interviews, the television filming, the site visits all very nerve wrecking things I can tell you. I sometimes wake up in the middle of the night and remember something I have yet to do. I used to sleep with a note pad beside my bed the week before events and it is something I should get back into the habit of doing so I don’t have to get up in the middle of the night and sneak to the hall where my handbag sits, fish in it for a sheet of paper and a pen to jot down the task that has jolted me out of my not so peaceful slumber – (shush don’t tell the boyfriend, he thinks I worry too much about work as it is!!)
The point is this, come Sunday evening it will all be over and a good nights sleep will be waiting for me when I get back home a hard weekend at work. I am looking forward to it, and even more looking forward to the next event.
It’s official, there must be something wrong with me!
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