Expectations are so dangerous. Life is always easiest when expectations are perpetually low. Why? Cause exceeding expectations makes people happy. But when expectations rise, even a little bit, then you get into the dangerous territory of what happens when they are not met? For Gopher fans this is a cycle that we should be very familiar with.
Here is today's perspective.
HAVE PATIENCE
I completely agree that this year sucks and is rather disappointing. But the real key thing to understand is that progress is not necessarily linear. Improved in year 2, year 3 and year 4 before seeing a regression in year 5.