First time commenter, I live 15 minutes from Waterbury and would normally be happy to help out but I gotta work tomorrow. ☹️ But! The Green Mountain Club keeps a list of volunteer trail shuttlers! You can contact the GMC Visitor Center at 802-244-7037 or gmc@greenmountainclub.org.
Thank you for your writing at the intersection of collapse and outdoor joy (I found you via Carrot Quinn's writing, and there is resonance between your writing styles and topics for sure). And thank you for being so clear about taking a break. I help organize big community events (the Queer Arts Festival and Queer Craft Fair, come hang out if you're ever in Vermont in August or December!), and one of our main principles is: organize from a place of joy. If you're not having fun anymore, stop doing it! If a task makes you shrivel up inside, let someone else take it on! It's a good tactic for preventing burnout and also for making sure our events are truly sparkly — when something is made with joy vs burnout, your attendees can tell. All that is to say, hurray for taking breaks and listening to yourself!
P.S. My dad died 5 years ago. He introduced me to hiking and I miss him every time I go to the mountains. Grief never stops being grief, but it does stop hitting you over the head and heart quite as frequently, eventually. I'm glad to grieve because it means I also love(d), even though it sucks sometimes. ❤️
First time commenter, I live 15 minutes from Waterbury and would normally be happy to help out but I gotta work tomorrow. ☹️ But! The Green Mountain Club keeps a list of volunteer trail shuttlers! You can contact the GMC Visitor Center at 802-244-7037 or gmc@greenmountainclub.org.
Thank you for your writing at the intersection of collapse and outdoor joy (I found you via Carrot Quinn's writing, and there is resonance between your writing styles and topics for sure). And thank you for being so clear about taking a break. I help organize big community events (the Queer Arts Festival and Queer Craft Fair, come hang out if you're ever in Vermont in August or December!), and one of our main principles is: organize from a place of joy. If you're not having fun anymore, stop doing it! If a task makes you shrivel up inside, let someone else take it on! It's a good tactic for preventing burnout and also for making sure our events are truly sparkly — when something is made with joy vs burnout, your attendees can tell. All that is to say, hurray for taking breaks and listening to yourself!
P.S. My dad died 5 years ago. He introduced me to hiking and I miss him every time I go to the mountains. Grief never stops being grief, but it does stop hitting you over the head and heart quite as frequently, eventually. I'm glad to grieve because it means I also love(d), even though it sucks sometimes. ❤️