IT'S A ROLLERCOASTER

Did you buckle your seatbelt?

Emotions are heightened this time of year.

When we’re joyful, we’re overjoyed. When we’re frustrated, we’re furious. When we’re sad, we’re in despair.

Our propensity to swing between states of being—joy! anger! sadness! anxiety! lather, rinse, repeat—seems, somehow, more raw than during these times of intense planning.

So much planning and effort has gone …