Getting On

Something I've discovered from years of mounting plays: at dress rehearsal stage it's generally getting the thing started that's the biggest headache one faces. Once it's up and running it runs, but getting over the tipping point often demands a ferocious effort of will. And when time is at a premium, as it always is, that effort of will is generally attended by a considerable degree of stress.

I'm getting too old for this.

But then it's doing it that keeps me young. (Well, youngish.)