Thursday, June 06, 2013

The Most Likely Good Time At Any Convention Rule

The rule that supersedes all other rules attending a convention, exposition, seminar, conference, and trade show is what you make out of the event. If you want to have a good time, follow the what you make out of it rule. Be proactive. It's the individual, the attendee himself or herself that determines what he or she gets out of it.

I attended 39 big and small anime conventions between 1997 and 2013. I had good times at good conventions and I had good times at bad conventions. What I made out of these conventions helped me have a good time. It was not meeting new people and making new friends. It was not buying DVDs and books at the dealer's room. It was not wearing a costume. It was not participating in events. And it was not watching the masquerade. The what you make out of it rule superseded all of these.

Control what you can control and don't control what you can't control. Conventions are rarely 100% organized. There is always a chance of disorganization to any degree. Do whatever it takes to find joy.

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