The last few weeks have been fairly emotional. Walking away from a great job, spending a couple weeks relaxing on a warm beach, starting an extraordinarily challenging intensive Chinese course. Most days I have rode a giddy high. Some days I second-guessed my decisions. I know things will be a lot of fun for at least a month or two. But they then may get bad. This is the cycle of hype. Understanding this repeating cycle is instructive for managing expectations and moods.
Observations, experiments, and experience