It was the 11th December in 2014, the first-ever CreativeMornings/Edinburgh event and the room was packed despite the “weather bomb” going on outside. But as the room filled with excited caffeinated chatter, I was hiding backstage gripping the sleeve of my co-event producer Jakub, a videographer I had met online less than 6 weeks ago but — thanks to the stress and elation that goes hand in hand with event production — felt like I’d known for years. Deadpan in the face of my angst he said: “You’ll be fine… and anyway it’s too late to back down now.”
With the certainty of that statement ringing in my ears, I went out to host my first ever CreativeMornings/Edinburgh event.
6 years — 66 events — 2200 community members and countless stolen sharpies later it is now time for me to hang up my metaphorical hat, step down from my duties as CreativeMornings/Edinburgh host and make way for a new dawn. (Too much?)