I can understand this C2H. I think we have all felt this. It can't be sustained because real life gets in the way. The bills have to be paid. Kids need to be fed, etc.

I once worked in a candy store. People would walk in, sniff the chocolate scented air and ask me how I could work there. I couldn't smell it anymore.

Is the memory of it better than the reality? Sometimes. The memory will sustain me for the rest of my days...ah, maybe not.

I'm not an expert, but I've been there. And I survived.