Rebels of rAdIo – from FLAW- to FUN-Factor!

‘Most people don’t enjoy what they put out into the world,’ my coach Ria Bauhofer spoke yesterday.
I used to be one of them. I would set a goal – a swift 5k run, landing a new client, or launching a weekly newsletter. And once I achieved it? I’d blindly rush on to the next milestone, as if it was all just a given.
Sometimes, I wouldn’t even make it to the finish line and quit halfway through. So where did I go wrong? 
Often, I set goals aimlessly, not truly inspired, but driven by the want for a potential success. I copied what worked for others, hoping to be just as ‘successful’, completely bypassing myself in the process.
Also, I found myself so set on winning that I hustled toward the finish line, drowning in self-criticism, treating the journey as a necessary evil. That’s no fun! 
This afternoon, an old friend stopped by. Luk Balcer was right there at the start of my local radio days.
In the late ’80s, I showed up at Genk’s Radio Midden Limburg as a promo girl - and suddenly found myself in front of the microphone. On Sunday mornings, I hosted my very own radio show with gusto.
And yet, I couldn't fully enjoy that victory. I was too busy focusing on where I failed and how others did it ‘so much better’. Instead of becoming the best version of myself, I was just trying to copy those I saw as more successful.
Fast forward to today: I now host a show on Nostalgie Plus. Sometimes I press the wrong button, and things don’t go as planned. And you know what? That’s perfectly okay.
I finally know why I do radio: for the music, the playfulness of words, and the mere connection with listeners. That’s where my focus is now.
Luk, now a communications specialist working in AI applications, shared the same sentiment during our conversation this afternoon. He, too, values the human fun factor in everything he does.
‘People often ask me which AI applications create the best content,’ he told me. ‘I always say: the best content is still made by humans.’
And suddenly, I saw it so clearly: why we often fail to enjoy the incredible things we bring into the world.
Even now, I sometimes catch myself craving instant success or feeling the urge to prove myself. But isn’t the true value of being human found in our humanness? In all those moments when things DON’T go perfectly? 
Maybe the best way to celebrate what we create is to simply enjoy who we already ARE.
After all, we’re also creating ourselves into this world.
So… WHO ARE YOU BEING today?