Serenity Prayer

As you proceed with your production and beyond onto other productions, it might be helpful to keep in mind the "Serenity Prayer".

"....grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,

the courage to change the things I can,

and the wisdom to know the difference."

I read in your journals sometimes on the lines - sometimes between the lines - that you are frustrated with either the process or the anticipated results of your work.  Sometimes you identify your self as the source of your frustration, sometimes you point to that actions of others.

I suspect that in each case it is a combination of trying to do your best under tight time constraints with limited resources while working collaboratively with others who are doing the same, although at times seemingly working at cross purposes - despite an implicit understanding that you are working toward the same goal.

It is easy for the ego to see one's contribution in one light, but to see another's in another. When to the objective observer, it may be easier to see both most clearly.  Objectivity is one of the most difficult perspectives - especially for one involved so intimately when judging his/her own work in relation to that of others.

Thus - the prayer - 

Don't lose perspective.