Eating up change

While I was away for work recently some complexity occurred which partially derailed my plans meaning I had to think about and be flexible with timing and schedule. I'm versatile enough to do that, I'd not have the job I do if I was one-dimensional, but I don't necessarily like having to change plans at the last minute.

Along with the changes from a professional perspective came the need to change dinner plans on one particular night as well meaning I couldn't eat at the (really awesome) place I'd planned to. I was really looking forward to dinner there, somewhere I've been a few times before, but it wasn't to be - The establishment I went to instead was, well let's just say nowhere near as good.

Above is the meal I ended up with; smokey beef brisket, a side of slaw and onion rings was the menu item. I added the additional vegetables because I was super hungry..

It wasn't bad, but was nowhere near as good as the meal I'd had planned.

Life doesn't go to plan sometimes and we're forced to make changes, to pivot, and while that can bring better results those results are not always a given and we have to accept that things may not go at all to plan and we have to eat up the change and simply move on.

How do you manage changes that occur, complexities that arise which derail your carefully made plans? Feel free to comment.