Draft 1.0 of the radio show demo is ready. Paul and I put the final touches on it on Sunday night.
I’ve been reminding myself that it doesn’t get much better than this: the fun that I’ve had with Paul, Phil, and David while we’ve put it together, the satisfaction of seeing something take shape that we’ve been working on for months, the delicious anxiety about how it’ll be received.
The quote from Larry Brilliant keeps coming back to me: “You’re entitled to the joy of work, you’re just not entitled to the results.” I’m not telling myself that this is going to fly. I’m telling myself that it could fly, so just keep persisting and paying attention to what clues life/God might be leaving for me as I go. I also noticed that I have a feeling of confidence and calm about it all. The criticisms and rejections that are likely to be coming don’t seem very threatening, in part because this continues to seem like what I’m supposed to be doing — my mission. It’s not my goofball ego that’s at stake. I could be wrong but it hasn’t seemed so for quite a while now.
I can imagine some of the interesting problems and challenges we’ll be facing if the show does get funded. I hope to hell I’ll remember to bring this state of mind that I’m in now along with me.