GOT SCHOOL REUNION "JITTERS"

Anyone who has been to a school reunion knows there is a certain amount of anxiety associated with attending a reunion.   As the reunion approaches your mind becomes flooded with thoughts.:
Will there be anyone there I know?  What if my first love (crush) is there?  What if nobody remembers me?
I've put on weight, I've gone grey, I've lost my hair. So What.!!

Relax! you are not alone in  these thoughts.  Everyone else is having the same exact thoughts as you.  Don't let these thoughts get in the way of attending your school reunion.

Bottomline is we have all changed.  So what! You're not 12 anymore.   The laws of gravity and time catch up with all of us eventually.  changes are an inevitable fact of life.  Accept yourself for who you are.  Be yourself. Celebrate life's changes.. Relax and go and have a good time.  Letting such negative thoughts impact on your decision to attend may result in you missing out on a wonderful time.

Focus your thoughts instead on the positive aspects of attending. This is an opportunity to renew old friendships, catch up with each other's lives, to celebrate your youth and feel young again (if only for a moment), to reminisce about the "Good Old Days". To share time with old friends while we are still able to, to celebrate our changes.  You will quickly find people are not there to judge you, but are there for the same reasons you are to have a great time and touch their past. It can be a  rejuvenating experience.

When it is all over we can take comfort in the fact that we have all changed, we've all gone  down different paths in life but that we all still share a common bond and enjoy a good party.

Here are some tips to help you relax at our school reunion.:

-Go with an attitude of having fun.
-Be yourself and be proud of who you are.
-Dress comfortably.
-Remember everyone will have changed.  You're not alone.
-Hookup with a few close classmates before hand and go to reunion together.
-It's perfectly ok to not remember somebody.  Our memories all fade.  That's why name tags were invented!.


Extracted from a document on Reunion Jitters.