Love your analogy, and for you, the event being so persona,l it really works, right? Glad you are learning to anchor yourself, I believe its a lesson learned over time, occasionaly with restarts. Some of us need a real belt up side of the head to get the message...yes, me. Anyhow I stepped off the crazy train in my late 30's, and look back on those days of trying to be everything as a blurr. Learning to say no with out regrets is such a big one. After all if we have too much going on how can we really be doing such a good job at anyone thing?  A dear friend shared her philosphy with me some years ago that centres on saying 'yes' only as 'Time and Talent permits'. Wishing you peace, and joy as your pursue both.