Extracting myself from local community volunteering

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We relocated to a new town 5 years ago, completely fresh start where we knew no-one. I gave up my professional career shortly before we moved (unrelated decision) and became a SAHM without any real plans for the future, other than to play it by ear. All 3 DC are now at school so over the last 3 years I've been gradually involving myself in community life and starting my own business in the town. It's a small town with a lot of rather insular people and a lot of lovely ones too but I'm beginning to feel committee'd out. People moan a LOT here about EVERYTHING, especially on social media and if a very few people didn't give up their free time to organise various events/activities they would probably moan even more but if people won't step up then so be it.

I know life is always going to divide people into The People Who Do's and The People Who Don'ts when it comes to community events and that's fine but it's exhausting me and I'm fed up. I'm committed to two more years in the most consuming role but what can I do to start stepping back in the meantime and regaining "my time"? I'm battling a chronic condition too which doesn't help although my committee-stuff does give me something else to focus on but I feel my kids are getting the worst of me, my work in the middle and the community the best. Husband is probably down below kids!

I think I've used these committees to effectively replace my stressful professional career and whilst I'm the sort of person who doesn't really relax and do nothing, I think I need to make some changes without feeling that I'm letting the community down. Does anyone have any advice please?

Set your 'goal' as setting up systems, to mean that everything doesn't depend on one person.
So - obviously I don't know what these committees do, but, just as an example - if you organise an event, set up a folder (can be as a document on computer, or literally printed / written out on paper, a time line, of what needs to be done when.... of who to contact to do x, y, and z.... , of which bits made money, which bits cost money.

Or, recruit to 'the committee' so instead of 3 people struggling and wearing themselves out, you build up a wider team of people , all of whom are prepared to 'do a little bit'.

Use your skills specifically to build the long term sustaining of the event or service, rather than to 'organise the event' this year particularly.

Surely just step down from one or more roles? Sadly, none of us is indispensable and someone else will eventually fill the gap.