I haven't done cons but I do work-related conferences/events and sometimes wish my life had something in between me working alone in my house for months and me interacting with lots and lots of people non-stop for three days.
I have got better at pacing with practice. Can now go "I will have had enough of people by Thursday so rather than ploughing through and being foul and grumpy on Thursday, I will miss session X on Wednesday afternoon, do the Wednesday night dinner, and skip the first session on Thursday morning". Can you go through a programme and book yourself breaks in advance? Sometimes a hotel too far away from the event itself makes this harder to arrange. Although long walks are beneficial, it makes it harder to just disappear for an hour to sit in your room with a book if this is going to involve walking miles (in the rain).
If you need excuses for absenting yourself for a bit, I have found "I am only here for four days and this is my one chance to go to a fabulous fabric/wool shop" quite handy, whether the location is London or Helsinki.
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I have got better at pacing with practice. Can now go "I will have had enough of people by Thursday so rather than ploughing through and being foul and grumpy on Thursday, I will miss session X on Wednesday afternoon, do the Wednesday night dinner, and skip the first session on Thursday morning". Can you go through a programme and book yourself breaks in advance? Sometimes a hotel too far away from the event itself makes this harder to arrange. Although long walks are beneficial, it makes it harder to just disappear for an hour to sit in your room with a book if this is going to involve walking miles (in the rain).
If you need excuses for absenting yourself for a bit, I have found "I am only here for four days and this is my one chance to go to a fabulous fabric/wool shop" quite handy, whether the location is London or Helsinki.