Congratulations from a fellow MVP newbie, sorry yo...
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Congratulations from a fellow MVP newbie, sorry you were feeling so anxious, i was at times a bit overwhelmed too being among my umbraco heroes while going solo. I did find everyone to be extremely welcoming once I forced myself to approach them and say Hi. A big well done from me πŸ˜„ πŸ€—
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Thanks! That means a lot to me. You were very nice to me as well and I agree, all the people that I did meet were awesome
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Maybe if we both make it there next year we could hang out together and not be so solo 😁
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I totally relate to this, I am lucky to have been a few times now have friendly faces I can seek out but even then I still have times throughout the conference where it's hard. You should be proud of doing this and going. it's so hard when you're there on your own but do know if you do go again next year there will be familiar faces and you will make new ones too and if you see me, ask me anything about anything (I like cycling too - I'll talk about my bike or the tour de france all day). So many of us are introverts, you're not alone - #H5YR
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Thanks a lot. Sometimes I look around and it looks as though everyone is friends with eachother and I'm on my own, but that's obviously not true at all. Maybe next time I'll find some courage to approach you 😊
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@D_Inventor 100% next time we need to chat πŸ™‚
Maybe I'll get to duug later this year
j
@D_Inventor I was so sad I missed talking to you! I think you’re the person who’s been most featured in Skrift’s around the web section last year and I was really looking forward to meeting you but we never ran into each other!
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Aw :/ well let's make sure then that we meet next time.
j
Absolutely!
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@D_Inventor I'm just sorry I didn't get to talk to you more! As a fellow introvert I do know how hard it is and I sometimes really need to force myself. My first CG I luckily had a few people joining me but still felt very weird talking to my heroes as well. Turns out: they're all really lovely people. You'll get there and next time, I'll be happy to introduce you
Ps. Some secrets from my experience: rent a bicycle, Donkey Bikes. Gets you to your hotel a LOT quicker. Maybe you didn't notice the quiet space, but there was one. The weather was great, I sat at the water a few times to recharge. I forgive myself for not talking to people in person, but I "hack it" by getting in touch online afterwards - this is the best trick and I can't believe I never said that one out loud πŸ™ˆ
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Ooo, those are all great tips~
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Nooo!
I totally missed you people
And!, finally changed my profile pic so you can recognize me next year πŸ˜›
I'm personally a unstable introvert, among fellow nerds, im not, amongst other groups, I can be, hah. So I've been talking with so many different people, but somehow I forgot the new MVPs 😦
Also can recommend the uBuddy program, you get connected to a first-timer, so you immediately 'know' someone