It will be my first time also! I'm 37 and heading out to BRC in 2018. I gifted my ticket for this year because I felt it was not my time yet. Burning Man for me is an extension of how I want to loudly live my life. The 10 principles ring true to everything I have learned about life and even myself to this point. I could not have gone to Burning Man before this exact point in my life. I want to go because I want to bring my culture to the desert. I want to go because I am determined to give something I feel passionately about. I have discovered so much about myself this last year I can hardly wait to see what I find out about me there!
So I've been reading, researching, planning, experimenting in my backyard.....the works! I know it will be hard and I will cry several times and completely loose my nut, but I am confident that I can collect myself and carry on. My determination to fight the unbeatable foe is what I want to test in those conditions. Can I really still run headfirst and confident into situations others wouldn't dare?
Anyway....I chose my name (seven17) because it was the date (month/year) clarity came and throat-punched me. The universe cleared the way for me to discover me, for myself. It was the date I understood with my whole heart that love was meant to be given away. Love is for giving. And I want to give. So here I am, typing all of this on this forum, unafraid of the ridicule that may follow. This is what I believe and why I believe it.
So do your research like me, get all those lists together. Meet other veteran burners if you can. Ask the questions and fret about shade structures and camps
It's going to a hell of a ride. xx
