The meaning of an experience can change years after the experience ends.

Experiences do not have fixed meanings. What something was depends partly on what came after, and years can pass before the interpretation settles into anything final. A failure can become a turning point, a good period can be revealed as a delay, and neither reading was available at the time.

When something recent seems clearly bad or clearly good, hold the verdict loosely. You do not yet have the material to decide, and the material will keep arriving.