Dear Reader,

do you ever feel like you are often living your life as a constant debut? Every new person you meet, every new project you embark on, every new deliverable you have to produce, every new concept you need to teach your children is a performance you need to nail on the spot without rehearsals… Does it create stress for you?

Would you instead prefer to be a product of habit, a well-oiled clock that is never early nor late? Would you rather be free from stress and absolved from the burden of improvisation?

Life is a non-repeatable experiment, not two days are the same. The water in the river is always changing. Neither you are the same moment after moment:

The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.

L. P. Hartley

I see only one way to get to the end of the last act: to be the ever-present improviser, the consummate professional that can withstand the tension of the eternal debut… maybe with a bit of a poker face, but always mindful.

The alternative is to step off the stage without remembering how you acted and which play you staged.

Until next time, happy listening: