I spent the weekend at the Eden Resort in Lancaster with a bunch of other "Women Leaders" on campus. Don't get me wrong, I respect and admire everyone who planned, spoke and made the retreat the success that it was, but sometimes more is not always better.
Friday night we started out on campus in the gym. We played games and got to know the ten members of our "team" fairly well, although, I doubt I could remember all ten by name now. We then traveled en mass to a building close by that probably none of us had every been in. Dinner was fantastic and we played a few more "get to know you" games. It was a blast. I was actually really excited for the next two days when I left that night.
My alarm going off bright and early on Saturday made me reconsider. We got to the Eden and spent all but three hours (maybe 4) between 9 and 8:30pm listening to speakers. They were fantastic lectures and messages, but really? 7 speakers in one day with very little audience interaction is EXHAUSTING. People were falling asleep and I felt really bad for the women who were in front of our sleepy audience.
Sunday morning was a bit better, but starting off right away with a relaxing lecture was detrimental as well, especially after the late night most of us had. The speakers were much more interactive on Sunday and there was only 4 of them.
My question remains, why not break up Saturday with some activity, or at least with some of the lectures that were more interactive. I felt like I got the most out of Sunday just because I was able to process it better due to less information bombarding my brain. I feel awful saying that because the Saturday speakers were amazing and I related a bit more to them than the ones on Sunday, but the overload was just too much.
So ... Note to self: More is not always better, and college age students, for the most part, especially girls, do NOT do well before 9am, 10 if they were up late.
But the weekend was fantastic, nonetheless =]
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