31/10/2026
It’s been 3 weeks since .
I’m only just now able to process what we created as I slowly ease back into work (I went straight from DeclutterCon to spending two weeks with my Dad who was very poorly in hospital).
On the day a culmination of months of work, stress, worry and meltdowns to create the vision I had in my head came to fruition.
I spent the day pretty disassociated if I’m honest. Removed. Like watching someone else on TV.
I knew DeclutterCon HAD to happen and *I* had to be the one to MAKE it happen. I knew in my bones it would be a genuinely epic day for everyone that would attend but I was weirdly bracing myself for things to go wrong - for it to not to match up with my vision. For no one to turn up. For delegates to hate it, for it to be a disaster in some way that I’d not thought about, that I’d let people down by being ‘too big for my boots’ and taking on something I shouldn’t have. This did not happen.
The vision I had worked so hard on with Kelleigh supporting me really WAS the reality… like I knew it would be!
Untanglers coming together. The compliments that it was the best event they’d ever been to.
Strangers chatting, smiling with each other.
People feeling comfortable - speakers taking their shoes off, people using the sensory room, sitting on the floor, people painting, lanyards being used to indicate interaction level. People from different worlds coming together, people in masks or feeling emotional feeling looked after - in fact - everyone feeling looked after.
I can now look at the photos (Vicki Head is a GENIUS) The thing that hits me the most - the smiles. The real smiles. The connection and kindness. The beautiful community that we are. The place we feel seen and supported, not judged.
Next year I will be able to enjoy it. I will see the smiles on the day not just through the photos. I will be more present. I will take the compliments that it was the best day - and I’ll believe them. I will keep striving for creating the best event. For making it even better year on year. For us coming together and I’ll not have to brace myself. I’ll know.
I’ll know it will be ok, more than ok. It will be transformational.