FAQ & Responsibilities for Members of Bubbly Ever After
The following guidelines outline your responsibilities as a community member of the Bubbly Ever After. Please keep in mind that you are responsible for yourself and your actions, at all times, in every regard, in any way you are involved with the community and our events, on and off playa. Your membership in Bubbly Ever After is a privilege - any violation of the requirements below could result in ejection from the community.
PS. Did you know that gratitude is the secret to happiness? It's true.
Having an appreciation for the good in our lives, however big or small is the key to living a happier life.
Try it!
Write down three things you like about yourself or that someone who loves you would probably describe you as or has said about you. Go ahead. Now's not the time to be modest. Now read them out loud to yourself three times.
And be sure to save the three things someplace you can refer to every day.
ET MERCI AUSSI.
Bubbly Ever After is very grateful for the wonderful experienced Burners and their communities that have published guidelines and are sharing knowledge to their communities for helping to make our own Community Responsibility Page possible and for always being a great resource of valuable information. Some of our favorites!
- Read the Survival Guide and Prepare. The Burning Man Survival Guide summarizes the official rules and practices of Burning Man. Most of what it covers is fundamental to the event. Some of what it covers is more about how the organization that hosts the event envisions Burning Man, and that may not match how veterans of the event envision Burning Man. That said, all of what the Survival Guide covers is stuff that you should know backwards and forwards to ensure that you are fully prepared, and that your camp is not denied placement or tickets in future years. You think you already know all the rules of Burning Man? That's great. But it doesn't hurt to reread the entire guide this very minute. There are always things that we can all use a reminder about.
We have found that Camp Above The Limit's FAQ about Burning Man, the expectations of a member of any community at Block Rock City and the information they have thoughtfully put together is very ethos aligned with Bubbly Ever After, incredibly well written and a wealth of knowledge for any Burner. We highly encourage reading through their FAQ, further, every camp member of Bubbly Ever After is expected to be radically self reliant in researching, reading and preparing for their Burn, whether you are a Virgin Burner or an experienced Burner. No two Burns are ever the same. Knowledge is power and continuous learning is the best gift to oneself. - Participate.
“If you reach inside yourself and figure out that part of you that can be shared with others around you, chances are you will enjoy Burning Man. The only way to avoid having fun is to bring nothing of yourself to the event. If you just try to take everything in, you won’t ‘get’ anything."
Burning Man and Bubbly Ever After values Participation: "Whether it’s in Black Rock City, in your local community, or afield in the world, participation is at the very core of the Burning Man experience, and there are many ways to participate. No matter what you bring to the table — skills, talents, interests, money, resources, a word of encouragement — your gift of participation creates indelible connections, makes the impossible possible, and fosters change in the world. Life is a participatory sport, and you are on the team."
The event is not for spectators or tourists. It is a celebration of participants. Anyone camping with Bubbly Ever After is expected to participate. We are all enthusiastically about working together to contribute to a great camp member experience and to offer amazing things to the playa. The more we participate, the more we connect.
Even though Burning Man can be truly overwhelming to the first-time and repeat visitor, participation is an essential part of getting the most out of your experience at Burning Man. Think of ways each of you can contribute to everyone’s experience before, during and after the event. This could range from intense sharing of ideas, the handing out of small and thoughtful gifts for people (this can range from crafted glass trinkets to fresh ice cream cones), helping people assemble or repair their camp, volunteering (we have a great relationship with other camps and the Volunteer Resources Team to provide camp members with the opportunity of working with other projects), giving a ride to a bicyclist with a flat tire (there’s a repair camp), and/or just making sure that every member and visitor at Bubbly Ever After is cordially welcomed as you would a guest in your own home.
Be kind, contribute, and participate! - Subscribe and pay attention to the event and camp announcement lists. Jack Rabbit Speaks, Bubbly Ever After Camp Announcements, and any camp discussions are how our community makes sure everyone is informed and able to participate fully. The combined traffic on our various announcement lists is maybe 50 posts per year, and it takes about 2 minutes to read and comprehend any given announcement, so we are expecting you to devote 100 minutes over the next year to listening to the folks who spend hundreds of hours to make it all possible.
- Bring everything you need for your survival and comfort. You are responsible for bringing all of your own food, shelter, water, fuel, and anything else you need to be happy and healthy for at least one week in the middle of the desert. As a general rule, the camp does not provide showers, or power, or shade, or meals, or kitchens, other than as options that you may buy into or help organize with other members. These services do exist and our available to members, because members like you step up to organize and participate in making them happen. Even if you do participate in one of these plans, you are still entirely responsible for all of your own supplies and basic needs - this includes survival rations for the duration of the event, just in case something catastrophic happens to our kitchen or vehicle transporting it. This especially means you must bring any medications you may need to thrive under extreme conditions. If you aren't sure what to bring, check out Crunchy Mama's Packing List, or ask the veterans in your camp discussion group.
- Assume full responsibility for your own health and safety. By participating in Burning Man you acknowledge that you are assuming the risk of serious injury or death! It is up to you to make sure this doesn't happen. This means you must carry water with you at all times - consider a canteen or hydration pack. It means you must be careful when embarking and disembarking vehicles, any structures and installations. RADICAL SELF RELIANCE IS SEXY. Stay aware of what you are and are not capable of doing at any given time. This means you must wear lighting at night so that nothing runs into you in the dark. And it means showing good sense and restraint when consuming alcohol or any substances.
By camping with Bubbly Ever After, you agree that are personally and individually responsible for everything you do while you are at Burning Man and participating in Camp Bubbly Ever After.
Burning Man is a collection of independent parties. You are responsible for yourself at all times, in every regard, as you approach, once you enter, and as you leave Black Rock City. Above and beyond the provision for individual survival, every camp member is required to help ensure our collective survival by following common sense rules relating to public safety and community well-being. Every participant at the event is expected to abide by these standards. Community membership in Bubbly Ever After is a privilege, as is attendance at Burning Man. Violation of these requirements could result in ejection from the community. Individuals camping at Bubbly Ever After accept no liability for anyone or anything other than themselves and their individual actions. All individuals camping with Bubbly Ever After agree to be bound by these terms and the terms contained in Burning Man Ticket Terms and Conditions. - Assume full responsibility for your own happiness. Nobody knows what you truly value or what your personal limits are but you, and nobody is ever going to be as focused on maintaining your happiness as you. Hence, it falls on you to seek out the experiences you want, ask questions or seek guidance when you don't know how to proceed, keep an eye on your own property, and bring to Burning Man only those things that you willing to risk losing amongst the confusion and extreme conditions. The willingness of camp members and other Black Rock citizens to help each other have a good time is a wonderful thing, but should never be imposed upon, or interpreted as lessening your own personal responsibility to look out for the things that you consider important. The Golden Rule is wonderful. Treat others as you wish to be treated. We will not tolerate bad attitudes in our camp. Be respectful, kind, learn, stretch, connect and grow together.
- Mean what you say. Burning Man may be a big party in the desert, but it is also the culmination tremendous amounts of time, energy, and money that everyone pours into their projects in an effort to have the maximum amount of incredible peak experiences they can in one week - and that means that it is also damn serious. You never never never want to leave anyone hanging on something you promised or be the reason they lost a day of fun taking care of something that you said you were going to take care of. This means you always want to be clear with your peers, and in your own mind, on whether you are in fact going to deliver on the commitments you made. Whenever it looks like you aren't going to have the time, or you are hitting a wall, or your interests have simply changed and you want to do something different than what you agreed to, its important to communicate very clearly and well in advance so that they can get to work on a contingency. "Yes means Yes. No means No. Maybe means maybe." Know which one you will actually commit to and communicate that.
- Know what you are saying. Consider one of the most common yearly announcements on every Burning Man theme camp mailing list: "I'm bringing plenty of coffee for everyone, so consider that base covered!" in making that announcement, you just took personal responsibility for meeting the coffee needs of everyone in the camp, however many are in the final count, at whatever level they choose to expect, and you have told all the other coffee aficionados to go look for something else to contribute - if that was your intent, and if you are actually going to find the headcount, do the math, check with your peers to make sure everyone is cool with your numbers and coffee choice, then its all good - but perhaps what you really meant was: "I'm bringing 5 pounds of institutional blend coffee from Costco, so I've got about 20 people covered for 1 cup of decent coffee per morning! Any of you gourmets want to bring something exotic to share?"
- Step up. If someone is carrying something heavy, lend a hand. If there are dishes that need to be washed, wash them. If a trash bin is overflowing, ask one of your camp directors how the trash is supposed to be dealt with, take care of it and pass the knowledge on. If you see someone ash a cigarette and toss it on the deep playa, pick it up, bring it back to camp and dispose of it. If you spot something potentially dangerous, like exposed rebar or a loose gas valve, find a way to secure it and let one of your camp directors know about the issue. If you spot someone you don't know wandering through the camp, ask "May I help you?", and confirm with one of your camp directors that this person really is supposed to be where they say they are. If you need guidance, ask one of the camp directors. If you need additional hands, ask one of your camp mates, or one of the folks being served by your camp, to help you out. Help each other out. Be good citizens, neighbors and friends. It's a great way to make life long friends.
- Help build the camp infrastructure, pack and unpack the vehicles, and assemble and disassemble the camps.There hundreds of days of planning, organizing, fundraising, researching, writing, building, carpentry, decorating, logistics and design that go into creating a camp like ours. There are days where we will be testing and building our infrastructure to ensure it will work on the playa, packing the vehicles, days of unpacking the vehicles and assembling the camp before the festival starts, days of disassembling the camp, picking up every last piece of MOOP and packing the vehicles at the end of the festival and 2 days of unpacking the vehicles after they arrive home. The more hands we have, the faster it goes. To truly be a member of our camp, you need to do your part in at least some of this work.
- Help with cleanup of the camp. Part of the LEAVE NO TRACE ethic of the event is that we are each individually responsible for our entire camp space being immaculate throughout the week and after we leave. This means that you are responsible for picking up any trash or other evidence of human habitation that you encounter anywhere in our camp space. You are also responsible for spending as much time as necessary walking our space after the camp has been packed up, and picking up any trace of human habitation - this includes feathers from boas, staples from packaging, cinnamon dust from kitchens, etc. In fact, most Black Rock citizens will pick up any trash they find out blowing around on the open playa, to do their part in keeping the desert clean. ALWAYS BE MOOP-ing. Pease pick up and take care of any Matter Out Of Place wherever you see it in camp or any place in Black Rock City whenever you can. It's always appreciated.
- Pay your camping deposit. Every camp member contributes. For members who are not contributing to the camp infrastructure and building the camp before the event, we accept a per-person donation of at least $300 to help cover what it takes for us to contribute our events, speaker series, lounges and facilities to the event! (The costs to make Bubbly Ever Happen run well into five digits, and that's not counting thousands of hours of volunteer labor.) Donations go to support our expenditures for infrastructure, trash facilities, generators, fuel, shower, structures, equipment transportation, supplies, equipment shipment, and storage. Please note that every member of the camp is required to pitch in daily to keep the camp clean. WE ARE NOT A PLUG AND PLAY CAMP.
Every member of the camp puts up a $300 deposit to ensure that, in the event they need to leave before or on Sunday, or during the day on Monday before all of the packing and cleanup is complete, there are resources available to help the incredible folks left behind to do that work, or at least to buy them champagne and dinner in Reno when they finally leave the event on Tuesday. Deposits will be waived for some members, based strictly on them having been heroic in the loading or cleanup in the previous year, but that is a very small club, like the dozen hearty souls max who clean up for the whole camp to ensure a green rating on the MOOP map next year. If your plans make it impossible for you to stay through Monday night cleanup, you just let us know in advance, and your $300 will be forfeit, but you will still be in good standing with the camp. If you do not let us know in advance, such that we count on you being there on Monday but you are gone, you will NOT be invited back. Camping deposits can also be forfeit for those willfully ignoring the responsibilities on this page - so if you are pouring out your grey water on the playa, leaving your trash behind, failing to properly secure your tent or cap your rebar, expect to lose your $300 deposit. All of this preparation, and packing, and cleanup is a necessary result of that event in the desert that you are participating in, and these are parts of the experience, the "Radical Self Reliance" and "Leave No Trace" parts, that real Burners are actually going to the event for.
We ask campmates to commit to working a few work shifts during the week. Everyone must contribute to either set up and/or strike. Many of us help out before and/or after Burning Man too.
- Pay your share of camp expenses. It costs a mountain of money and valuable time to plan, prepare, create, transport, power, and maintain all of the infrastructure that makes the camp possible. It costs an additional mountain of money to purchase all the food, liquor, decor and other consumables that we gift during the festival. Each member of the camp contributes their fair share to their chosen camp, depending on the camp and its expense structure - camps like ours that need to fundraise for our initial heavy infrastructure as a new camp or give away costly gifts generally have higher dues. Dues contribute to create those magnificent buildings and kitchens and alleys and gifts that make Black Rock City so wonderful - you are not paying for services provided to you as a member - you are paying to make Bubbly Ever After, Black Rock City and its member camps possible, such that we can all take pride in what we have contributed to Black Rock City.
- Remove your own trash, and two bags of camp trash. Each person is responsible for protecting the environment. This is a "Leave No Trace" event, which means you are responsible to leave no trace - not ashes from your cigarette, not mint sprigs from your drink, not a green bean from your dinner. Please responsibly contain (no trash left out on the playa to get blown away or torn apart in storms) and take everything you brought to the event back home with you, and be ready to take two bags of random trash that accumulates in your camp from all those visitors as well. Please follow signs regarding waste. Bubbly Ever After is a proud participant of Ideate's Playa Wide Compost Program and Recycle Camp's Can Recycling Program. Please note that placing trash, or even asking to place trash in a receptacle belonging to another camp is considered deeply offensive by many veterans of the event. Burning Man will provide only portable toilets that will be emptied on a regular basis. Do not empty trash in the portable toilets.
- Bring a bucket with sealable lid to remove your own grey water. Part of leaving no trace means carrying out your own grey water from cooking, brushing your teeth, or whatever else you do. Every member of the camp should bring with them a 5 gallon bucket with secure lid, to collect whatever grey water you produce, and haul it back out. The camp's grey water tanks are strictly for the grey water produced by the bars, kitchen or shower in serving the public.
- Properly secure all of your structures. If you are going to build any form of shade or shelter at all at Burning Man, where winds can reach a sustained 70mph, you must learn how to do it so as to minimize the risks that A) the structure blows away and hits someone, B) the rebar or stakes used to secure it impale someone, and C) the guy lines bracing it against the wind trip someone. This means studying how to secure your structure, perhaps learning from the ancient masters, using rebar toppers like you find at any hardware store, placing solar lights to mark where the stakes are, and placing some form of lighting on the guy lines. This will protect your shelter from having some one come tumbling through it in the middle of the night, and will also protect that person from being injured by your shelter. You'd be surprised, in the dark, even you may be that someone getting hurt by your own tent.
- Do not exchange money. No vending or other use of money is allowed at Burning Man. Black Rock City is a place of sharing and free exchange within a gift economy. This means you do not buy or sell anything. Sales of handmade items and food items "in order to cover costs of the trip" are not allowed. The only exceptions to this rule are the Center Camp Cafe, which sells espresso and a few other beverages, and CampArctica, which sells ice - the proceeds from both ventures go to the town of Gerlach that so graciously hosts the Burning Man festival each year.
- Do not display or distribute commercial names, logos, banners, or promotional items. This includes the name and logo of your home business or the record label you run out of your bedroom. It doesn't matter if you're a good person or if your company donates to charities. Some people go so far as to remove the tags from their jeans and to cover the Ryder logo on the side of their rental trucks.
- Limit sound to a level that does not cause serious disruption to adjacent camps. The city sound policy limits large sound systems to the streets 2:00 and 10:00 at the far ends of the city. The maximum power amplification within the city is 300 watts, provided there are no substantive complaints from the neighbors. If a problem with sound levels continues after sufficient warning, the source of power for such a device or system may be disabled. DO BRING EAR PLUGS. Especially if you are a light sleeper. Asking a camp to turn down their sound within allowable times is not being a good neighbor.
- Tickets: If you have not already purchased, begged or otherwise secured your tickets to the event, please do so as soon as possible. Buy more, a camp mate will surely be happy to buy one of you. If possible, get paper tickets; any tickets ordered for delivery at will-call are subject to delays, which can add hours to your arrival experience at Gate (unless you're arriving by air.)
- Travel between Reno and the Event: For those of you driving, travel time from Reno is approximately two and a half hours + waiting time to go through Gate--can be anywhere from 30 minutes up to eight hours. When leaving the Burn on Sunday or Exodus Monday, you may experience up to ten hours of delays leaving the city by vehicle. For those of you flying into Reno, you may be able to rent a car, arrange space in advance on an airport bus (if they're running), or for the fastest, no-waiting arrival and departure, you may be able to book passage on Burner Express Air, which also wings its way to Burning Man from all over the West. Note that rental car agencies may charge up to $250 in cleaning fees on the return of your vehicle unless it has been completely de-playafied! Allow at least two hours at a car wash to accomplish this.
- Arriving at the Event by Vehicle: Once you pass through Gerlach, you've got a few more miles to go before you reach the well-marked turn-off to Gate Road. You'll travel across the desert, most likely in the company of several hundred or thousand other cars, until you reach Gate. Your wait at this point can vary from short to six+ hours. This is where you'll need to hand over your tickets. If you have tickets at will call, follow the line to the will call lot, and follow the signs for processing. Once you've exchanged your will call confirmation for tickets and your car's vehicle pass, you'll get back into another line to have your tickets collected. Your vehicle will be searched completely before you will be allowed to proceed. Once you are cleared, THE SPEED LIMIT FOR THE REST OF YOUR TIME IN BLACK ROCK CITY IS 5 MILES PER HOUR. DO NOT EXCEED THE SPEED LIMIT, as radar-equipped law enforcement is waiting for you. You'll drive to the Greeters Station for a unique ceremony, then drive to where you camp. If a dust storm blows up and visibility goes to near-zero, stop until you can see again and traffic is moving.
- Arriving at the camp: Detailed on instructions on where to park so you are not blocking the road and can go find someone to place you and your vehicle in camp will be provided closer to the Burn. The general rule of thumb is to find the placement lead. Do NOT park wherever you like. Only start getting settled after you get placed and confirmation from the placer that you are where you in the allocated spot for your vehicle and dwelling. Please remain flexible and accommodate any changes and moves that may arise. Placing people can be a bit like playing Tetris.
- Drive no faster than 5MPH when entering or leaving the city. Anything faster than this produces huge clouds of dust, and endangers the lives of your fellow citizens. Remember that pedestrians and bicycles always have the right of way over motor vehicles.
- Do not drive cars in the city. Be prepared to come to Black Rock City and anchor your vehicle at your campsite. No cruising! Black Rock City is designed for pedestrians and bicycles. Except for public agencies, specially marked Black Rock City service vehicles, and Art Cars licensed by the Department of Mutant Vehicles, no cars or motorcycles are allowed to drive in camp or on the open playa around it.
- Observe fire rules. The city fire policy prohibits fires on the unprotected playa surface - burn scars must be prevented. Aerial flares, rockets and explosives are prohibited in Black Rock City and could result in a fine. Hay bales are not allowed. Respect art work - if an artwork is to be burned, ONLY the artist who created it may do this.
- Be respectful of other camps. Most camps have public spaces connected to the main roads through the city, and more private spaces within. It is safe to assume that you can enter, pass through, or crash in the public spaces whenever you like, but you should absolutely ask for permission before passing through anything that may be a private camping area. You must also be very careful when traveling the narrow pathways between the tents within a camp - they are frequently tangled with guy lines and exposed rebar that are invisible at night and can injure you severely.
- Be respectful of private kitchens and residences. Many camps may have open kitchens or dining halls in their residential space, and it is obviously cool for you to pass through and say hello, but the fact that their dining area is open does not mean that everyone is welcome to free food. Being invited to dinner is a fairly common experience at Burning Man, and its even more common if you introduce yourself to your neighbors and share whatever snacks or booze you happen to have with you at the time, but you do need to be invited. All of the kitchens in our residential area are private spaces, so you should treat them with the respect you would show a neighbor's home. ALWAYS BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR TO ANYONE. It's a good way to make a friend and a great way to be a human to strive to be considerate, kind and helpful at all times.
- Comply with county, state and federal laws. While on the playa, ALL STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS APPLY. This means you should comport yourself, with regard to these laws, as you would in any municipality. Burning Man does not promote or condone the use of drugs or public sex acts. If you commit an illegal act in public, it is entirely possible you will be caught - and keep in mind that the handful of law enforcement officers who volunteer for duty at Burning Man would probably rather not have to haul you off in irons, but if you flaunt the law right in front of them, they're going to do it. Law enforcement, both in uniform and undercover--is watching. The camp collectively and camp members individually take no responsibility for any importation or use of illegal drugs or substances in our camp.
- Bring your ticket. Your ticket is a revocable license. Violation of Black Rock City rules, or violent or anti-social behavior, can result in revocation of your ticket and ejection from the event without refund. No one under 18 will be admitted without a responsible adult. Tickets run about $400, depending on when you purchase them - they must be purchased in advance - no tickets will be sold at the gate.
- Respect public boundaries. The boundaries of Black Rock City are clearly marked and established within an area of the playa that is administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for purposes of public recreation. The BLM will establish a buffer zone on the playa around Black Rock City. No camping is allowed in this area. The marked area immediately fronting our city is reserved for works of art. Do not drive or camp here. A specially marked area is reserved for Walk-In camping. No automobile traffic or motorized vehicles are permitted inside this area.
- Equipment: Burning Man is a Radical Self-Reliance event. Here is a guide on what to bring: Please note that bringing spares of goggles, bandanas or face masks, Chap Stick/lip balm, water vessels (Camelbaks, canteens, resealable mugs or equivalent liquid container that you can take with you as you wander about, loaded with protein bars, snacks, and Emergen-C.) and headlamps is highly encouraged. Lightweight motorcycle goggles are strongly recommended; just be sure that your eyes can be completely shielded in the event of a dust storm. Lens that are clear are great and make exploring into the night very safe. Tinted lenses protect your eyes against the bright sunlight during the day. Bandanas make great dust masks!
- Weather and Temperatures: Temperatures on the playa are generally hot by day, cold by night; daytime highs can often be over 100F (38C). On a bad year, lows can be below freezing (32F, 0C), and once we saw snow fall lightly. DUSTSTORMS are common and must be planned for at all times; they can come up with almost no notice. Please have some goggles and a dust mask with you at all times when outside of your dwelling. Winds can often reach 50mph (80kph) and can gust to 70mph (110kph). Always carry eye protection! Rain is very rare, but not unknown. Each year we pray that we will never see sustained rainfall at the event, but a violent storm on opening Monday in 2014 turned the entire city to mud. (Fortunately, all was fine by late that afternoon, but do expect to be stuck where you are if rain occurs and to wait out the storm.)
- Water: Burning Man takes place in a desert so plan accordingly. The formula for how much water you need for drinking, cleaning, and showering is roughly 1.5 gallons per person per day. While the camp will have some water for camp consumption, each Bubbly Ever After camp member is required to bring in enough water for themselves for the week. Simple math:
- 1 person + 3 days on playa = about 4.5 gal
- 1 person + 4 days on playa = about 6 gal
- 1 person + 5 days on playa = about 7.5 gal
- 1 person + 6 days on playa = about 9 gal
- 1 person + 7 days on playa = about 10.5 gal
- ID. Bring a few copies of your ID with you: Just as anywhere else in the USA, it is illegal to serve alcohol to minors. Again, law enforcement, both in uniform and undercover--is watching. Bubbly Ever After does not serve alcohol to minors, and serving staff are required to card anyone who appears underage. Even if a guest to camp shows up with no pockets (e.g wearing their birthday suit), if they look underage, they still need ID. Sadly, there are sting operations every year. You will also be carded at bars across the playa, so be sure to never leave camp without your ID.
- Bicycles: Bikes are strongly recommended for all camp participants, as the distances are too vast to walk. You can also rent bikes from Playa Bike Repair and sort your pick up and drop-off to Playa Bike Repair. If your bike breaks, you can take your bikes to Playa Bike Repair or to any stations across the playa that offer bike repair tools and help. As with anything else, if you bring a bike or anything to the playa, you must also take it out with you or arrange to have it be taken home for you by some other reliable means. No exceptions. If you leave a bike, trash or belongings on the playa, you will not be allowed to return to camp again.
- GRATITUDE IS IMPORTANT.
Did you read through all of this list? Are you now going through all of the many links to the many caring resources available to you to help make your Burn and life easier? YES? Have you kept checking back again and again? FABULOUS!
We love having campers like you in our community and are SO grateful for all the work you are doing in preparing, learning, researching and participating to make your Burn, our camp, the communities and Black Rock City the super special and wonder filled city that it is and cannot wait to get dusty with you on the playa!
PS. Did you know that gratitude is the secret to happiness? It's true.
Having an appreciation for the good in our lives, however big or small is the key to living a happier life.
Try it!
Write down three things you like about yourself or that someone who loves you would probably describe you as or has said about you. Go ahead. Now's not the time to be modest. Now read them out loud to yourself three times.
And be sure to save the three things someplace you can refer to every day.
ET MERCI AUSSI.
Bubbly Ever After is very grateful for the wonderful experienced Burners and their communities that have published guidelines and are sharing knowledge to their communities for helping to make our own Community Responsibility Page possible and for always being a great resource of valuable information. Some of our favorites!
- The 10 Principles of Burning Man: https://burningman.org/culture/philosophical-center/10-principles/
- Burning Man Survival Guide: https://survival.burningman.org/
- Participate: https://burningman.org/participate/
- Black Rock French Quarter Member Responsibilities: http://www.blackrockfrenchquarter.org/member/responsibilities/
- Camp Above The Limits FAQ: http://campabovethelimit.com/faq.html
- Bubbles and Bass: http://www.bubblesandbass.com/