Uncertainty, Disappointment and Metacognition

I write this at 8 AM on my birthday in one of my worst states of mind in a while. Ideally, it shouldn't have been this way. Courts have closed in Kolkata for summer holidays and I was to embark on a vacation abroad after more than two years. Only for my visa not to arrive in time.
At this point, I am gutted. A while back, I was overwhelmed by emotion and not knowing what better to do, welled up. We lawyers lead stressful lives. I was looking forward to this vacation as an opportunity to truly unwind after two long years of COVID restrictions. The past few months have been particularly stressful for me because of certain personal endeavor (which were at once enriching and taxing). Moreover, for litigating lawyers, court vacations are the only windows which allow for a long trip.
At the same time, I know that instead of ruminating over it, I have to accept the episode. As I write, I count my blessings. It dawned upon me how blessed I am to have inter alia loving parents, a stable job and generally, a comfortable life. All the things that I take for granted are elusive luxuries for so many. I already feel better writing this. This metacognitive exercise makes me realize how being conscious can reign in our sub-conscious/intuitive impulses. For readers of Kahnemann and Tversky, it's an exposition of how System 2 acts as a check on System 1.
None of this is to say that I shouldn't have felt the way I did. I think it is perfectly natural. Suppression of emotions seldom works. One inevitably to gives vent to it, often in undesirable ways. Metacognition helped me control my responses. Perhaps I should do it more often.