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# A Sentimental Journey Through Spain and Italy #1
- URL: https://berniejmitchell.com/sentimental-journey-spain-italy-1/
- Published: 2015-06-22T19:05:07.000Z
- Updated: 2015-06-22T19:05:07.000Z
- Author: Bernie J Mitchell
- Tags: BLOG, Depression, 2015, Italy, Pilar, Rainmaker 2015, Sharing Economy, Summit, #Babybernie, #Migrated-1772907944273, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-03-07 18:26

**I have not done anything all day.**

Quite literally I am too excited to move.

Tomorrow #Babybernie and I are off to Italy to a magical little place called "[The Rural Hub](https://www.ruralhub.it/?ref=berniejmitchell.com)" for the [OuiShare Summit #7](https://ouishare.net/en/events/ouishare-summit-7?ref=berniejmitchell.com).

Around 70 of us from all over the world will sit around and collectively discuss, decide and vote on what the [OuiShare community](https://ouishare.net/?ref=berniejmitchell.com) will focus on for the next six months.

I am more in love than ever with the OuiShare community, I missed the [OuiShare Fest](https://ouisharefest.com/?ref=berniejmitchell.com) and was a bit sad. (Mainly sad that it was not rescheduled for when I could go)

The OuiShare Summits are where the community is for me. The daily connections online via [Slack](https://slack.com/?ref=berniejmitchell.com), [Trello](https://trello.com/?ref=berniejmitchell.com), blogs and now [Telegram](https://telegram.org/?ref=berniejmitchell.com) are where it lives. I find it energising to see how other people are unfolding OuiShare projects in their city.

**Bigger and Mass**

I was beating myself up about OuiShare London, I thought it would have been bigger by now. I am not sure what 'bigger' is - so there is the problem.

I find 'bigger' counter intuitive to how I'd like things to be. Bigger is the same as 'mass' which I can't wait to see the end of, or at least a sharp decline.

My way of [combatting mass](https://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths%5Fblog/2015/04/the-difference-between-mass-and-banality.html?ref=berniejmitchell.com) is with podcasting - I realised this last week. There I was walking down the road listening to a podcast about podcasting and one of the hosts said he'd been on shows with 100K listeners and got one or two tweets after then been on a show with 1000 listeners and got lots of engagement and interaction via social media and email after.

In the events and meet ups I have run over the last ten years here in London the small and highly connected ones have been the most rewarding.

**"[Making Social Part of Your DNA](https://www.klaxonmarketing.co.uk/?s=Making+Social+Part+of+your+DNA&ref=berniejmitchell.com)" with [Andy Bargery](https://uk.linkedin.com/in/andybargery?ref=berniejmitchell.com) and [Jacqui Taylor](https://twitter.com/jacquitaylorfb?ref=berniejmitchell.com) was 'big' but we managed to keep it cosy. If you watch the full 7 mins of the video below you’ll see some hardcore TAGtribe and London tech people from 2012! We also raised over £3k for two charities, one of which was [Mind Mental Health.](https://www.mind.org.uk/?ref=berniejmitchell.com)**

Also the [techMAP](https://www.meetup.com/techmap/?ref=berniejmitchell.com) and [London Bloggers Meet Up’s](https://www.meetup.com/londonbloggersmeetup/?ref=berniejmitchell.com) we rewarding - this is because it was a community meet in different ways on a regular basis.

The TAGtribe community was the best connection and then this feeling has been carried through to OuiShare. While OuiShare it a different type of community to TAGtribe a deep connectedness, purpose and learning is there with the core members.

Last bit. Just before I leave on any trip I always get a bit sentimental and gauge where my head is.

Today my head in a very very very good place. In the last few weeks (in fact ever since I collapsed at home while having a phoo) something has shifted in me, I have been screaming inside for it to shift for years and when I had chilled out it suddenly woke up and popped out.

**Now I am cooking on gas. Have to run! I've got a plane to catch!**