Today I woke up with the normal fearsome despair in my heart that comes from having a pile of work that needs to be done. I plunged into the stack, starting with my daily quota of  help desk questions. In the process, I found a new-to-me writing webpage: Absolute  Write. This slide show by Ira Glass made my day.

It is a good reminder that no matter what we are doing, it may not turn out right the first time. The way we get better is to keep on doing it. Of course, as we practice we have to assess what we have done, and make changes in what we are doing and how we do it so that it gets better and closer to that ideal product.