So let me get this straight. The first two episodes of the Robcast this year were live

at Largo with Elizabeth Gilbert in all her glory. And then the third and fourth episodes,

the next two episodes were Kristen Bell asking this question, what do I do with my anxiety?

I mean, that was the first... That's how we started the year. If that's how we started the year,

how great is this? Where is this headed? Or another question, how much do I love you?

And speaking of this word love, I have this friend who's like a North Star.

You have those people, right? Those people around you who

you turn to them. Sometimes it's because you know they're going to give you something

that hasn't occurred to you. Or other times there's something that you know to be true and they reflect it.

They mirror it, affirm it back to you. But there are people who like help you

figure out your path. But I have this friend. He's been this way for a number of years now.

I turned to him again and again and again. He said something recently to me.

He said, and it was almost like a passing comment, but I didn't feel like that. He said,

what if on the Robcast, you just talked about this week, like what was happening in you this week,

what you're thinking, what you're feeling, what you're learning. And I kind of laughed at the time

because I come from this world of craft where you have an experience, you come across an idea,

you study, you interact, and then gradually something begins to form. And then you work with it.

Like you're patient with it, you craft it, you shape it, you form it, you do a first version,

second version, a third iteration, a fourth iteration, a fifth draft, a sixth draft. You just

keep going over and over and over it. And what's strong, what's weak? And you take it out for a

spin and you see, oh yeah, that doesn't work, but this part over here needs to be expanded. And so

you sort of live with it for a long period of time. And then after it's properly marinated,

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