I have come to the realization that I really should stop caring getting involved with groups that pertain to my hobbies. I put forth effort to care for the success of groups in which I am involved, and more often than not, that ends up coming to kick me in the ass. The perfect example of this is the super hero costume group that we have been trying to form locally. There were 5 people chosen from the group who worked a couple of hours a week for 6 months to come up with a governing document after the first attempt of saying you will be this officer, do what you want with it didn’t work. Members of the group didn’t really see that we were working and this lead to people bitching that we weren’t doing anything. Due to this perception, other members just wanted to steam roll through different aspects and that ended up causing dissension in the ranks so to speak.
Elapse to now that it is time for elections, and all of this is blowing up. Myself and one other member of the group often offer a point of view that is opposite of the majority, and because of that fact, we are viewed as trouble makers, and people who are just trying to cause conflict. This has really been wearing on me really badly. I am going to stand up for what I believe and not cave in to the majority, and due to that, it is causing me to get stressed out to a level that I haven’t reached in quite some time. I am at a point where I don’t even want to hang out with the people from the group and that makes me stress out even more since I don’t want to lose friends over this. It isn’t worth it.
I think I am just going to step away from my costuming hobby for a while. I know that it will save me money that I can put towards other things, and maybe reduce the stress.
