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Old Oct 6, 2007 | 11:32 am
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Jenbel
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Well... I started the thread because I have been toying with taking a break. I loved doing the Mega Do and I loved doing the Island Do 2 this year. But the others I've done, I find as I get better at organising, I get less organised (because I know I can leave things later and later) which causes me more stress. It is a bizarre inverse reaction.

I'm also aware of, for want of a better term, do inflation going on. When I started, most people were perfectly happy just to meet for drinks. Now I find an expectation that I will organise a dinner... and now even afternoon events.

At the same time, I'm also aware that, like missy, I might be too much of a control freak to give up... the thought of someone else doing 'my' annual Christmas BA drinkies

In the long term, I will still continue to do Island dos, and possibly megas if anyone wants to do one again I'll decide about the other stuff in due course. But this is the first time in ages I don't actually have a Do on the go...
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