I'm happy to see you used that energy you found in your real life not cyber space. Not that we all don't enjoy hearing from you .
And as your friend says you do have a lot of good insights.
My experience lately has been that I have to focus on a few folks on the board. Otherwise I get the "rat in a cage" feeling of jumping from topic to topic. And besides I am supposed to be WORKING, right?
Guess what I'm saying is I think you found the right balance yesterday by channeling the good feeling you got helping your friend into your own life. Which needs to be your first priority. IMHO.