Optimism sure does make a burden we've built so mightily in our heads feel as it actually is, smaller.
Life is a series of test, we are done with the first off to the next. If we feel more gratifying we could celebrate on the way up. I remind myself ever so often what really counts in all this- everything fades but my soul.

Good things can be overdone, it's the right channel and time as well as it's moderation that matters. You will find your way through it all for sure, you are great like that ;)