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So you’ve just gotten back from Comic Con. Your feet feel like lumps from a decrepit tree. Your throat hurts from yelling over crowds. You’ve taken two showers, but you still smell weird. And yet, you’re happy. Weirdly, contentedly happy.
That’s the post Con Coma.
If you’re just getting back from your first Con, here’s what I always recommend:
1. Sleep. Sleep as much as you possibly can. Take naps at any random moment just because you have a free hour and it’s possible to squeeze it in. Sleep on your ride to work if you can. Sleep on your lunch. You will need this sleep so you don’t cry.
2. Don’t look at all you pictures right away. Sometimes the truth about life is that looking at happy things can actually be sad. Just watch Inside Out to see what I mean. Give it a few weeks before you get into all the feels.
3. Make fun plans for the week after Con. Go out to dinner and a movie with your girlfriends. Get to yoga every night. Start planning your next vacation. Take on your next big craft project. It’s really hard not to look back at the weekend and not feel a bit of “wah wahs” about it. So, make plans and distract yourself.
4. Engage in your nerdery with verve. A midnight premiere is a perfect decision post Con. Binging Netflix? Another perfect decision. Basically, anything that allows you to escape into a fandom you’ve been ignoring or find a new fandom all over again.
5. Don’t start planning for next year. Yet. The Baker Street Babes always take a hiatus after SDCC before starting all the emails on SherlockeDCC. Even if it’s just talking about how to do things better next year, it’s so much more articulate and helpful to wait a month or two to dive into details.
So tell me, what do you do after a Con to get through it?
