The person who handles a small inconvenience gracefully has made more room in the day than they used.

Small annoyances expand when they are handled badly: the delayed train, the wrong order, the lost hour. Someone who absorbs one without spreading it saves everybody the second cost, which is often larger than the first, and the day continues in more or less the shape it had. What looks like mildness is a real contribution.

When something minor goes wrong this week, decide quickly that it will not become the story of the afternoon. Deal with it and keep the tone level. You will notice how much of the day you kept, and other people will notice too.