The Camp Reset 2020 - Preparing for the camp and waiking up

The first week of camp was over quickly. It was great to go back to camp and meet many acquaintances again and meet new people. I waited for the camp to start all spring and knew I needed this camp for myself. Above all, the camp would once again be an opportunity for me to give time to myself and my greatest passion: creativity. At the same time, I knew I had the opportunity to find some sort of balance in the midst of all this chaos.

I just found a suitable book for camp for smahsbook. It was just the right size for me to take it with me wherever I went. For this book, I started building a camp this summer. For the smahsbook, I went through the camp materials from previous years and found something there that I definitely wanted to use this year as well. So what better way than to build a section in a book: something old. And of course for the Harmony retreat, I had to reserve some space for the smahsbook because Retreat was a little left for me in the winter.

I didn’t do very much preparation for this camp. I looked through everything I wanted or even thought I could use at camp. I printed everything I thought I needed, but I bought little to nothing new. Of course, during the camp I had to buy some things. Admittedly, the reason is probably more inspiration than the actual need. Or a new Tote ... That's what I feel I needed. Now the goods fit in an even smaller space and are in better order.

I recently thought that the preparation is already part of the trip. Preparing makes us wake up and look around us in a whole new way. At the same time, preparation challenges us to seek inspiration and seek creativity in a whole new way. And even though I did all the camp preparations carefully, I find again the camp is over. (I reveal: I originally had to publish this text as early as June 7th, when the first camp week was just coming to an end.) Every summer I see the same thing with these camps. I get lost for many weeks in the middle of the camp because of the work and I wake up again just before the end of the camp in a huge hurry and panic that everyone has to get the hurry done underneath. So I have no way to go back the whole camp back week by week. At this point, it probably wouldn’t even make any sense. But, maybe again at the next camp I will be told more, better and more.

All in all, this camp was once again experience, an experience, and I have once again explore the wonderful people. I feel like I have made new friends. So ... Thank you all for being involved and making this a memorable camp. If you want to stay heard about camp rumors, come spin a second time!