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Comment on Daily Discussion Thread:🍪 Fri 22 Mar 2024

Thornburywitch@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

You look after yourself. It does no one any good if you are too stressed/overwhelmed to fully enjoy the experience. I think an early exit sounds like the right strategy. Then you will be all systems go for Saturday/Sunday (if you feel like it). This should be a good experience for you - so take what steps to you need to, to fully enjoy the bits you do end up doing. It’s a very mature response to realise that the gas tank is empty, and that you need time and space to refuel.

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Baku@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Ah damn it. You’ve just reminded me I need to do talking tomorrow :/

I’ve decided to just ad lib it. As long as I’ve got the names of the people I need to introduce I should be right

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- Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Oh, you’re chairing/ doing intro bits? Hand cards (can’t electrically fail) Name, is really cool to have here because [……] [Reason you hopefully agree with]. Paper. Then, thanks, state was interesting, open questions, ask a question if you want to start. If it gets too quiet, thank again and direct to the buffet if extant.
  
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  - Baku@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    As long as I’ve got their names and where they’re from I’ll be fine. Besides introducing them and where they’re all from, all I have to do is introduce myself and do a shortened version of the acknowledgement of country. I have the option to do whatever else I want provided it’s within the time, but as long as those are all done I’m golden
    
    Rather counter-intuitively I struggle more with speaking when I’m reading a script than when I’m ad libbing it. I struggle with memorising things and reading ahead so if I have a script my eyes will be glued to the paper, where as if I just talk for myself based off a loose collection of ideas I just sorta know what to say
    
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- Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Addenda: create yourself a persona for presenting. Don’t need a costume, just an attitude. You can do this!
  
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  - Baku@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I did actually buy fancy clothes to wear, so I will be costuming. But I certainly have an attitude so I guess I have both
    
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    Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Brilliant! Baku’s presenting pants should host thee red next tread 😺
    
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