Rest and Relaxation

I don’t know what to do with myself.

This past Monday was the first time in 12 months that I did not have to worry about launching tickets, driving attendance, searching for venues, or trying to hunt down partnerships for Plunge Party.

I went back and looked to see exactly how long it was since I started this thing. Almost 1 year. I tried linking the “original launch video” from my personal account. But since making my creator page I have now learned that once I swapped my personal account to private, I cannot publicly share videos from a private page.

Considering how painfully average of a video it was, it’s probably for the best. But if you do follow my personal page, go dig it up, watch it, have a laugh, and perhaps drop a silly comment.

Anyways…. this week I didn’t know what to do with all this time. This is the text I sent to my friend Devin who was one of the first people to join Plunge Party. She was the machine behind the social media too.

I certainly miss the thrill of doing these events and the high I get from throwing an absolute rager with three of my closest (and +100 new) friends. But the feeling of burnout was starting to creep in… for all of us. I knew it was time to close the chapter of Plunge Party to make space for what could be next.

I have been asked by dozens of people “why is it ending?” “is it really ending?” and “let’s bring it back?” over the past two weeks. I am going to share the story of how we got to where we are and why I decided to shut it down in the next couple of weeks’ posts. Stay tuned for that.

But for now I am enjoying the 3 weeks I have “off” (relative) before I start hustling harder than I did when I tried to convince half the city of San Francisco to come to a “cold plunge party” with strangers for $50 from a guy they never met.

This past weekend I enjoyed the open space and filled it with things I have been putting off for far too long, things that also brought me immense amounts of joy and energy. Like DJing for 300 people or taking a 100 degree hot yoga class on a Sunday.

I’m learning that a significant majority of people fail in business because they just burn themselves out. Their work becomes their identity and all they know how to do. The business doesn’t fail, their commitment does.

I’m taking this time to recharge and I’m feeling beyond fired up and energized for what I’ve been hinting at for the direction of “what’s next.”

Even as I plan to go harder into that than what I’m doing now. The biggest lesson I learned is that you can’t pour from an empty cup. So as I rest and reload for the next push I’m making sure I know what needs to happen to be sane, healthy, and hungry.

Self-care, rest, and relaxation.

Now you go get some too.

You’re Awesome,

Jared

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