Working to attend raves, festivals, and concerts has become the norm in today’s society. From people taking up volunteer shifts at festivals to gain access as well as picking up second shifts or working longer hours to earn extra income to pay for expenses related to partying and going to raves. The duality of lifestyles we live between our work life and rave life can often interfere with one another if things are not balanced out. If electronic music culture is within your heart and soul, then over-working especially on something you’re not passionate about is a sure way to burn you out- if you don’t balance it with what you enjoy most. The need to make a living and thrive in one’s career is equally as important as letting loose on the dancefloor for hours to alleviate the everyday stress, but when does all this become too much?
Over the past 16-years, I have witnessed ravers from all walks of life raving on the weekend yet somehow they always had their shit together in life. I have also witnessed the ones who would rave just as hard but always seemed to struggle and I am not comparing any of this in a financial sense but more of an overall presence.
Struggling doesn’t always mean financial struggle- we’re talking about mental struggle, emotional struggle, and just overall struggling until the next Rave. The week passes by no matter what we do, and some make it great and some drag their feet. It’s a crazy parallel trying to juggle the two and find the right balance but there is a way to make it all work to your favor and advantage.
We’ve all heard of two sides of the coin, the ones who are over-working and needing a break and the ones who are over-partying and needing a break. If both ends of the spectrum lead you to “taking a break” then finding that balance is absolutely necessary
I don’t need to explain too much in detail why over-working is just bad. Have you ever noticed you feel grumpier and are low on energy when you’re highly stressed about work? Especially work you don’t care about? Let me tell you, even work that you do love and care about can cause stress and mental breakdowns if you are over-working the engine at a high stressed level over a long period of time.
Oftentimes when people are feeling over-worked they have the tendency to think that partying one night or a weekend will alleviate the stress of their over-working. After all, they are having some fun and relieving some stress, what harm can it do?
Well if your work is piling on and you have a mountain of responsibilities to handle, partying for even one weekend will only cause you more stress when Monday morning comes when there is more riding on you because of the hangover you’re feeling. While the temporary relief of the weekend might be awesome, what follows suit if you’re in a place in life where work is just stacking up with more responsibilities, you’re going to fumble and crumble.
Struggling doesn’t always mean financial struggle- we’re talking about mental struggle, emotional struggle, and just overall struggling until the next Rave.
There is just no way for someone to be overworking, go rage out on the weekend, and then come back crushing it at their career the following week. Everyone suffers when this happens – you, your work, and your mental state; you become even more stressed because your work will fall behind or you will burn the candle on both ends leaving you feeling “burnt out”. The cycle will never end if this is how you choose to battle the situation. When work is overwhelming you, partying through the weekend is NOT the solution especially if you don’t have a proper recovery plan put in place. We’ll go over that later in a bit but for now, let’s look at the other spectrum.
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Just going to flat out say that over-partying is the quickest way to bring your life down. Whether you’re riding high on success and feel the need to celebrate or you’re feeling a bit down and feel the need to escape- over-partying every weekend is the overdrive that will take you to rock bottom, and here is why.
Over-partying and overindulgence can happen when one feels good about themselves aka “yeah I earned it and I deserve this!” or when one doesn’t feel good about themselves either, “Life sucks, f*ck it, let’s party!”. Both of these moods can be the starting trigger to a slippery slope.
Oftentimes, all it takes is one good party leading to the afterparties which then leads you to chase down the parties every weekend until it becomes a routine. One may say it’s to escape or to have fun but at what point does it become harming and damaging? Over-doing anything regardless of what it is, eating, sleeping, exercising, hell even over-drinking water can ca