First things first, I hereby swear not to do any more YouTube-related posts for at least thirty days. I've whiled away much too much time over at that copyright-infringing, time-sucking, Stuckey's-on-the-Web (though, I must admit, I did enjoy seeing again, for the first time in years, "The Contest Nobody Could Win" episode of WKRP in Cincinnati).

Second things second, this clip from Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick's often brilliant thirtysomething epitomizes what it's like not only to be self-employed, where you're dancing as fast as you can to pay next month's rent, but also what it's like to work in a creative field (in this instance, an ad agency), where you're only as good as your next idea.

In this scene, Ken Olin's Michael and Timothy Busfield's Elliot perfectly portray the battle constantly waging within the creative psyche: each of them anxious to welcome, then almost automatically dismiss, whatever idea, no matter how good, they come up with.

As Elliot concludes: "Mike, you gotta relax. It's just fear, dread, and anxiety. I mean, we're gonna deal with this on every job."