Thanks for sharing, appreciate it! Sounds intense, good that you canceled the retreat and glad to hear that you’re fine now.
I wonder why that EA retreat had to start Monday morning after EAG. I wouldn’t be surprised if other people who attended both events had similar problems. Most people cannot just keep conferencing non-stop, and a break of one or two days between conferences/retreats seems really important to me, both to recover and to process all the new input.
Very reasonable, but I’ll say to the opposite that for people dealing with flights and things and trying to get back to go to class, bunching things has a serious benefit.
I’ve wondered about this many times, but for people traveling a long way it does mean it’s practical to attend more events than if they were broken up. It does mean you have to budget your energy differently than people who are only going to one event, though, which isn’t obvious when everyone around you is trying to get the most out of a weekend rather than a week-long stretch.
Thanks for sharing, appreciate it! Sounds intense, good that you canceled the retreat and glad to hear that you’re fine now.
I wonder why that EA retreat had to start Monday morning after EAG. I wouldn’t be surprised if other people who attended both events had similar problems. Most people cannot just keep conferencing non-stop, and a break of one or two days between conferences/retreats seems really important to me, both to recover and to process all the new input.
Very reasonable, but I’ll say to the opposite that for people dealing with flights and things and trying to get back to go to class, bunching things has a serious benefit.
I’ve wondered about this many times, but for people traveling a long way it does mean it’s practical to attend more events than if they were broken up. It does mean you have to budget your energy differently than people who are only going to one event, though, which isn’t obvious when everyone around you is trying to get the most out of a weekend rather than a week-long stretch.
Hmm, I associate retreats with being relaxing and with a lot of down-time for reflection, very different from conferences.