Peaceful and calm is my natural state.

Watch a gauge on a machine that has just been switched off. The needle does not stop where the load left it. It falls back, overshoots a little, wobbles, and settles at the place it sits when nothing is being asked of it.

That resting position is a property of the instrument, not of the day. It does not get destroyed by a bad shift. It gets covered over, sometimes for hours.

Returning is the whole skill, and it is far more available than staying. Most people find their needle drops somewhere between the car park and the front door.