Expectation setting does indeed seem very important here. I had a few flaky breakthroughs in the past but I tend to see them in a mostly positive light—and that’s probably because I never expected them to just stick and change me permanently. Even as they have faded, I can look back and inhabit that state of mind again to some degree. Knowing that I can (and temporarily did) have certain feelings or convictions sometimes help me have a richer perspective nowadays.
Expectation setting does indeed seem very important here. I had a few flaky breakthroughs in the past but I tend to see them in a mostly positive light—and that’s probably because I never expected them to just stick and change me permanently. Even as they have faded, I can look back and inhabit that state of mind again to some degree. Knowing that I can (and temporarily did) have certain feelings or convictions sometimes help me have a richer perspective nowadays.