[Robotgroup] How do you spell "FUN"..?

[Vern Graner]

For many of us (me included) its: S-T-R-E-S-S !!!

I wanted to take a moment, and a deep breath and a step back to look at 
what we're doing, what we've accomplished and what we are *going* to do!

I'm proud of the fact that we've done some pretty amazing things and are 
planning to do even more soon. But, we have to remember that this is 
supposed to be about FUN!

The bottom line is that the price of this type of fun is sometimes a bit 
of stress (ok, sometimes more than a bit!). Being nervous.. feeling 
pressure, getting headaches, lack of sleep.. worrying and then worrying 
some more, then worrying about worrying!

The point is to "keep your eye on the prize". We have a proven track 
record of being involved in wonderful things. We do good things. And 
ultimately, its up to *us* to keep our perspective!

I'm sorry if I wax philosophical here but, these are supposed to be the 
events that when you look back on your life, they clearly stand out as 
landmarks along the twisted path of this mortal coil (hmm.. I wonder how 
many uH a mortal coil has...)

When I turn backward and examine my life there are long gray blurs of 
continuous, monotonous "work"... I can't tell you what I was doing 8 
months ago for what customer on what issue...

But I *can* tell you all about Maker Faire in San Mateo.. Or Robogames 
in SF. I can tell you about First Night the First, and First Night the 
second and I can tell you about Spiders Preyground...

Each of these events was surrounded by stress. It was the price of the 
admission ticket. The interesting part is WE get to set that ticket price!

If we choose to relax, take the long view, and realize this is not 
rocket science (well.. maybe in some cases it is!) it might help to 
reduce that price.

Remember: THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE FUN! Treat it accordingly. Build a 
project, draw a drawing, create a monster, participate with a team, form 
a team, do something that scares you a little bit. Take some chances. 
But for cryin out loud HAVE FUN with it! :)

And please, PLEASE take care of yourself so you can be healthy and ready 
to PLAY!

Oh, and don't take life too seriously... none of us gets out of it alive 
anyway. :)

Vern

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