A good analogy.
It's like I have worked hard to change my life from a hectic dual carriageway, rush, rush, zoom, into a bendy New Forest road with a 40mph speed limit, on which one has plenty of time to slow down for ponies, to get out and go for a walk, or to stop occasionally just to admire the scenery. It is the best kind of road. But it feels like my mind is going along this road at dual carriageway speed, in second gear.