Quote of the day.

"You didn't need to be Bertram Mills or Billy Smart to have a circus. In fact all you needed to have was a single-decker bus and a lot of cheek. Both of which I reckoned could be picked up pretty cheap. Suddenly my dream of owning a circus seemed possible. I decided to start training seriously."

Confessions of a Showman: My Life in the Circus by Gerry Cottle

And an apt description of my daily psychological reasoning.