This year’s Conference was really intense for me. But in a more efficient way – as a professional and as a person. Unfortunately not everything worked out as originally planned, but in the end everything worked out well. As I said, it was still very intense.

As some of you may know, I had a very rough year and one of my main focuses was self care. This worked out pretty well – I hydrated, gave myself enough sleep, and tried to eat as healthy as you can in Vegas. This idea of self care could also be seen with other people this year. I worked as an underground volunteer; I made a point to bring coffee for fellow volunteers and forced people to eat fruits. 😀

I took really awesome classes this year, from the “safety” classes (procedures in the sterilization room, and piercing room, and the statim class) to the marking class. I took the anatomy class again this year and I really loved it; when you know how you should work, it is important to repeat the basics again and again and again. This gives me a real good feeling.

I learned a great deal and will (again) make some changes in my studio: I will rebuild my sterilization room in the next months and I am super proud that I will be able to do a second showcase with high quality jewelry! I also brought some gold home with me and I am super stoked about this! I travelled to the Conference with the last of my savings and spent it all at the Expo, but I have faith that this is the right way to act (my faith comes from receiving the scholarship). Thanks to everybody who made this possible for me. I can’t express what this means to me. I tried to find as many piercers as possible to say thank you for the scholarship, but I know there are more of you. So I just want to let you know, I am full of love and full of gratitude for you!