Once.

So I have this theory: Only do something amazing once.  Why? Because the second time you do it, your expectations will be so high that you will never be able to reach them.  Similar to drug addicts:
They will spend the rest of their addict life chasing that first high.  Not to say I'm addicted to one thing, but I'm in love with crazy fun expieriences.  I've had a few that I wouldn't mind doing over, like going to New York -because something totally different is going to happen every single time that you go.  It's called the city that never sleeps for a reason.  Which is a lie by the way, the normal people are up from 6am to midnight, and from midnight to 6am there is deffinetly a crowd of people that you really don't want to ge to know. 

But seriously, if you're going to go to a conference that totally blows your mind -don't ever go again.  Don't tarnish the memory of something awesome with the expectation that it's going to top whatever happened last time.  Especially since a year later, most of the small irritating things that happened will be forgotten and all of the good memories will take over.  So you'll remember it even better than how it was in the moment, it's just the way our minds work.

That's why we have the big expieriences that really stand out, and the routine expiriences -like hitting a coffeeshop with your friends every saturday night.  Some things are big wild memories, others you will always try again because they're as comforting as they are peaceful.  So live your life, have your favorite hangouts and your favorite vacation spots, and take the big risks -but don't always expect it to be a fairy tale adventure.

Love,
Alice