Probably the biggest mistake I made was not emphasizing at the beginning of the darkness “Guys, this may be intense, and I’m not sure how this will go for everyone. But, I have worked hard to ensure Solstice leaves you better than it found you. I wouldn’t have done tonight the way I did if I didn’t think I had.”
NYC’s 2024 winter solstice was my first solstice so I roughly knew to expect things to get sad/dark and then to get more positive after, but I don’t recall if there was a slide or description of that in the beginning. my memory feels pretty fuzzy here, so it’s entirely possible this was covered and I just forgot!
I did say roughly that this would happen, the thing I regret was somehow threading the needle on communicating:
“guys, when I say it’s gonna get dark, I’m, like, more serious than usual. But I am also more serious than usual about it being light at the end, when you are evaluating the darkness which is darker than you expect, I will be trying pretty hard to counterbalance that.” (literally those words feels too awkward, but, that’s the vibe I wanted)
NYC’s 2024 winter solstice was my first solstice so I roughly knew to expect things to get sad/dark and then to get more positive after, but I don’t recall if there was a slide or description of that in the beginning. my memory feels pretty fuzzy here, so it’s entirely possible this was covered and I just forgot!
I did say roughly that this would happen, the thing I regret was somehow threading the needle on communicating:
“guys, when I say it’s gonna get dark, I’m, like, more serious than usual. But I am also more serious than usual about it being light at the end, when you are evaluating the darkness which is darker than you expect, I will be trying pretty hard to counterbalance that.” (literally those words feels too awkward, but, that’s the vibe I wanted)