When plans change last minute, the flexible ones usually end up having the best night anyway.

Rigidity turns every disruption into a loss. When the evening is allowed to be only one thing, a cancellation ends it, whereas the people who hold plans loosely still have most of their options and often stumble into something better than the original. The flexibility is not luck, it is what keeps the possibilities open.

When the next arrangement falls through, give yourself five minutes before deciding the night is ruined. Ask what is available now that was not before. Often the answer is more interesting than what you had scheduled.