Parties are a lot of work, and they can be costly. Finding a place to hold your event, getting people to attend, making it run smoothly, setting it up, and tearing it down can require an immense amount of effort.
Nonetheless, it’s quite a bit of fun to hang out with a group of friends in the organized environment of a party. There’s something special about socializing, hanging out, talking, being entertained, eating, drinking, and just having a good time together.
Read this book and learn:
* Why throw a party?
* The decisions you need to make
* Renting the space
* Hiring a DJ
* How do you handle allowing drinking?
* Special considerations of children at parties
* How to do the invitations
* How do you maintain control during the party
* Things to know about setting up and tearing down
In the years before my wife passed away, I was one of those people that you would call an introvert. I worked in the computer industry, painted fantasy miniatures, collected stamps, and was an avid reader. The common denominator of all of those things is that they don’t involve people.
However, everything changed after my wife died. The feeling of grief was overwhelming, and I had to do something to pull myself out of that deep dark pit. Those of you who have experienced grief understand what I’m talking about. Grief is a dangerous place to be: there is absolutely nothing healthy about it.
I took up photography and went out to photograph nature in the Southern California National, state, and local parks. I started going to fairs, especially the local Renaissance Festival. I forced myself to be more social, even though this went against my heavily introverted mindset.
I began to attend parties. Sure, I’d been to parties before, but generally, I was highly reluctant and didn’t stay very long. I never mingled, and often the guests would barely know that I was there. But now things changed for me. I didn’t like the dark pit of grief. Going outdoors and hanging out with groups of people helped bring me back to life.
The interesting thing about Renaissance festivals is social nature of the people involved. I quickly established myself as a Renaissance Festival photographer and was invited to many of their parties and social events.
This was a whole new world for me, the world of socializing with other people. At first, I had no idea what to do and felt totally out of place. But after going to know people at parties and events, I opened up and began to enjoy myself.
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Italian
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