The idea is to get yourself as emotionally level as possible. You know it is going to be a rough trip, already, so the 'bad' stuff...try not to let it affect you. Like water off a ducks back.
This is really easy to say, it is hard to do, but just because it is hard doesn't mean you should keep trying to get there. It's hard to score in a crowded bar too.
What is even harder is not letting a 'good' moment or day, affect you, because you (collective) stupidly think it will continue to the next day or hour...so...you get your hopes up, and when she does something 'bad', you crash. And wonder why you are doing all this.
Enjoy the moment but put no current stock in them. Survive the moment but put no current stock in them either.
You want to turn this emotional roller coaster (of your own making as it is your emotions) into a train ride, as level as possible.
Experience is a brutal teacher, but you learn. My God, do you learn. - C.S. Lewis
Life is usually all about how you handle Plan B. - Jack3Beans
Listen without defending; Speak without offending - FaithinAK