Leave the party while it’s still good. Knowing when to exit is half of every strategy.

Most things have a peak and then a slow decline, and the decline is easy to miss from inside it. Staying past the good part does not add to what you had, it slowly edits your memory of it. Leaving early feels like loss right up until the moment you notice how much you kept.

Pick one thing you have been staying in out of habit: the hangout that goes flat at midnight, the group you outgrew, the shift you keep picking up. Decide the exit point in advance, before the night talks you out of it. Then go when you said you would.