speaking the truth

the burnout that hits me when I visit Herald's Point. I _can't_ consult there these days. It's loud and busy and my brain shuts off.

Maybe your reaction is more sensible than mine. I know I've told you how I manage consulting in general, and doing it at the Point is qualitatively much the same, just a little more intense. But it takes a lot of emotional energy to do that, and I had very few resources with with to recharge it. Many many fervent thanks to wanderingpixie, but I know she knows that it wasn't really enough, and I didn't expect more (or even as much as she gave!).

I didn't see you nearly as much as I'd have liked. And another possible source just kind of dried up and blew away, and I'm not sure why, and that's really all I can say about it right now.

So perhaps I should have stayed away from the Point more -- except that I know how things would have gone if I had. Which ties in to your next bit...

I can about manage to color, and that's really the only useful thing I did there this year. Whic makes me feel rather a jerk, because there's so much more that needs to be done.

I hear you -- and it's in part that feeling of guilt that kept me coming back. (That, and the fact that so much of my potential recharge is tied up in the Point...) I really think we need to talk about this as a group, to see if we can avoid burnout better.

I may respond some more to this when I have had more chance to digest it. In the meantime, *big hugs*.