The cooks eat last at the potluck, and they never seem to mind. Notice that.

Watch the people who prepared the food. They are the last to sit down, they get whatever is left, and the strange part is that they do not appear to be putting up with it. Something about having made the thing changes what you want out of it. That is worth noticing, because it suggests satisfaction is not always on the receiving end, and most of us are only ever taught to look for it there.

Help set something up this week rather than only turning up to it. Stay for the clear-up and see how the evening felt from that side.