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- Incredible energy and ideas, sparks flying everywhere
- Slogging through turning those ideas into an abstract
- Excitedly submitting your abstract that took way too long
- Nervously waiting to see if you’re going to be rejected
- The amazing feeling when your talk gets accepted
- The complete and utter dread you feel approximately 10 seconds after getting accepted knowing you now have to put a talk together
- World class procrastination until maybe a week before, including total paralysis on how to get started
- The extreme rush of energy once you figure out your angle and seeing the talk come together
- The terrifying realization that you actually have to give this talk to an audience
- The crippling nervousness before you walk on stage
- The relief you feel / the zone you enter the moment your talk starts
- The absolute rush of accomplishment and success you feel the millisecond you finish
- Walking off stage and instantly saying “I want to do that again!”