Invest in the "process" rather than the product. Process living neutralizes the depleting and impoverishing effects of chronically living in anticipation. Even when impossible goals occasionally are reached, satisfactions derived from them are invariably disappointing unless the process has given ample satisfaction along the way.
Such is the active power of good temperament! Great sweetness of temper neutralizes such vast amounts of acid.
Camp is a solvent of morality. It neutralizes moral indignation, sponsors playfulness.