Breaking News Rules

This solo episode is me pulling back the curtain on what reinvention actually feels like in real time.

I talk about why being told “I miss you on the news” can hit harder than people realize, why I’m saying goodbye to yet another piece of my TV news identity, and why succeeding in this next chapter means breaking almost every rule TV news taught me.

I also revisit a moment from a recent interview that stayed with me, play the clip, and unpack why it hit so deeply.

I don’t have all of this figured out. But I do know this: courage is doing it anyway.

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SPEAKER_01 0:00

Before we get into the episode, shout out to the sponsors supporting unscripted turbulence. First, Dude Wow Cocktails. Now, I love its Bloody Mary mix without alcohol. So you could really make it your own. I've had it both ways, even made a Mezcal martini with it. Shout out martinis with MEGI. Smoky, sultry, honestly, so good. If you're curious, use my code Turbulence26 for 10% off. The link is in the episode description. Also, Amazon, a proud sponsor of National Small Business Month here in the US, where more than 60% of sales come from independent sellers. Most are small and medium-sized businesses. Take what lands, leave what doesn't, and please follow or subscribe. It helps more than you know. All right, let's get into it. Shall we begin? Shall we begin? Oh, that's right, pilot's flying, so no one's here but me. Alrighty, here we go. Welcome to Unscripted Turbulence with Reagan Medgie. Today is a solo episode, and we're gonna touch upon a couple of bullet points I have. Uh, most notably, um, breaking all the news rules. It has come to my attention, I have no idea what the hell I am doing. That is, when it becomes social media. Oi. So before we get into that, let's reflect in the past couple of weeks since we have had this one-on-one conversation. If you're watching, I look like I'm going out to the clerb. Not entirely. I am going out to a club, a comedy club. I did my hair. It's rainy, it's crap outside. The hair casts, don't even bother. I put something on my social media. But yeah, so it's the uh Memorial Day weekend, unofficial start to summer, because the summer solstice, I should know this, is in June, later on in June. June 20, actually. Let me get my old little handy-dandy uh situation here. Let me put this on Do Not Disturb for my phone. It's the 20, I want to say the 22nd of June. Am I correct? 21st of June. Yes, I think it's a 20. Hang on a minute. What's one of those? I should know. This is embarrassing that I don't know, but um, you know what? Since I since I have your attention, summer solstice 2026. What did I say? Did I say June 21st? Because I was right, a Sunday. So it's technically still spring, and uh it is just gross out. So apologies. Not that I have anything to do with the weather. Um, for those of you who really were truly hoping for a fantastic Memorial Day weekend not happening. I mean, if you're inside being cozy, it is. We've had a lot of wonderful, wonderful, wonderful interviews. Um, since, again, the last time you and I have just had this conversation. I'm really proud of all the work we're doing. Uh, my guests have been phenomenal. They have taught me so many things. I always walk away with something. And for what I'm hearing and reading, you guys are too. So that's good. So let's go back to the breaking news rules. Okay. So, journalism, students out there, those who are journalists, I don't know. Uh actually, I do know a lot of us feel this way. And I um I got to know a new TV person. If she's listening, she'll know who she is. I'm not gonna name her because I didn't mention that I was gonna talk about our conversation. But so I was on the phone recently with another TV person who is not in the market in New York City, and we had a very deep dive conversation into social media. And she said this to me, and I thought, oh my God, I'm seen, I'm heard. She goes, You're gonna have to break every rule that we learned in journalism class, school. All the rules break them because they do not apply to social media. And I am learning this the hard way. I realize that when I tell a story, I do it the broadcast way. I I'll say something and then I'll lead into the pinnacle of the story, the climax of the story, then I full circle bring it back. And that's what we're taught. Well, in social media, it is not like that. It's the first three seconds of your reel or your story. And I'm having a hell of a time trying to figure out how to do this. A hell of a time. Because I'm not used to that. And I was telling my new friend this, and she was very sympathetic and it was very nice because she said to me, you know, it's gonna take a little bit. But once you get it, you're like right there, it's gonna make sense, it's gonna click. So if you are finding yourself lost, maybe not telling stories on social media like me, eventually I do have faith it will click. But right now it is not. And I really don't wanna, I edit everything. I don't want to turn the AI hook making real thing, like the podcast clips, like I do them all by hand. Oh, and the reason I'm bringing this up is because I would like to grow this podcast and get more listeners, more subscribers, more followers. So as I'm trying to figure out how to properly tell a story in social media, my call to action, all of you listening, if you could, if there is an episode that you really like, forward it to somebody who may not know about this podcast because it really does help me grow and it helps me continue to do what I'm doing. And I have many plans for this. This is just one leg of my overall business plan. But yeah, I have to break all the rules. And I am having such a hard time because it's for 20 years I have known one way to do something, and now I have to literally break it apart and do it against what I learned. So for instance, okay. I guess if I would put this as a clip on a podcast reel, I would start with, I don't know what the hell I'm doing. And then we would back it up. Back into the story. So maybe that's gonna end up making the podcast clip. I don't know. So, yes, I am I am learning alongside of all of you who may be going into the creator world, or maybe if you're going into something different than what you went to school for, you've been doing for 30 years or doing for 20 years. It is really intimidating and really scary, but I am coming to the terms that I need to learn more. I can't. That's all I do. I mean, that is all I am doing. It's not a bad thing, but it's just like some days I just don't have it in me, you know? I know you all feel that way.

unknown 7:46

All right.

SPEAKER_01 7:46

So the other thing is saying goodbye to TV. If you've been following the uh social media, the reels, and all that kind of stuff on my end. I have recently had to say goodbye twice, once to my Red Mazda, stick shift, six speed. That's right, baby. A 2010, I had a hundred, what did I say, 192,145 miles on it. Never got to the 200,000 mark. It's fine. 16 years of my life was spent in that car. Most, all of it, all of it was in news. I got that car when I started at, oh my god, when I left WETMAT News in Almira, and then I went to WNEP Newswatch 16 in Scranton, although I was a Pocono Newsroom reporter. I spent so many hours in that that that vehicle. That thing was a part of me. I was, to put in perspective, I got that vehicle when I was dating pilot. I am now an old married woman. Yes, Pilot's not here today, so I can openly, freely talk about anything I want. Not that that changes any other time, but I don't have to worry about him listening, and not that he does, but I hope he's not gonna listen to this podcast because I'm going to reveal something. And I have it in my hand. If you're watching, it's gonna make so much more sense. But then again, if you're gonna see it on the social media, it'll make sense too. So, as you know, I had to say goodbye to my Red Mazda. That was in March. Recently, my New York press plates. Yes. In order to get New York press plates, they are license plates that allow you to park in certain zones that make you different from all the rest. I don't know how different, but and somebody once told me it looks like I was I had a West Virginia license plate, so that's kind of what it looks like. On the left, it says NYP. There are others or custom plates. Um, and say MD like medical doctor, but mine was NYP, New York Press. Not New York police, New York Press, because somebody thought it was New York Police. I said no. Oh, so I had to give these up because my registration was up. And in order to renew them, I have to be a member of an organization. Now, the way I got them before is you have to go this whole rig and roll, you need to get press credentials first. So that means you have to be tied to an organization. Now you can also be an independent journalist, which I think I'm gonna try to get my press pass for independent journalism, because you never know. Because I still have my IFB, which is your earpiece. I still have several of them. In the event there's breaking news, and I just feel like I gotta go in. Um, I don't know who's gonna have me, but whatever. If it's independent, that's fine. Um, but so I'm thinking of getting the press credential. So it's this like little card that says, like, who you your name has your picture, and then you know, you are allowed to go behind the caution tape and show the police. Not all the times they let you in, but whatever. So I'm planning on getting another one, but you have to show that as proof that you are part of the press in order to get these license plates. Then you have to get a letter from your news director, your boss, your assistant news director with company letterhead saying, yes, they are a member of this organization. And then you pay $186 of your own money. I'm pretty sure we all do that. Maybe I was just the only fool that did, but so it's an expense. So pilot came with me to the DMV. I was so sad handing these things in, and he just doesn't get it. And you know what? If there were pilot plates and he had to return them and surrender them, I'm sure he'd get it. But anyway, I digress. So I had to pass these things in. I got normal plates. And he asked me the ROI, return on investment or of investment, whatever it is. And I said, well, it mattered because it took something to get these licensed plates, you know? Okay, so to me, I stood out among other drivers. Really, it's really not that deep, but it meant I did a lot to get these plates, right? Okay. So I had to give those up. And now I'm realizing I have to give something else up. And he is gonna be so embarrassed. And those of you who work with me in the field, you're gonna know what I'm about to show you. I said I would talk about it. Here we go. I'm gonna back this thing up as in the microphone so you can see. It sounds like a container. Oh, it is. It's my pea bucket. Oh yeah. If you're uh listening, you're thinking, what? Oh yeah. Oh yeah, baby. Oh yeah. This I got off of Amazon. If I can find the link, it'll be in my podcast description. Right here. Yep. It is what I used in the mornings. My cameraman, if you're listening. Yes, I had to kick you out of that live truck, and I only missed this bucket once. Some P may or may not have gotten on the floor of one of the live trucks I worked in. But in the morning, you have no access to any bathroom. Now, they didn't teach this in journalism school, and if I was a professor, I would teach this and I would teach about survival. This is part of survival. Now, this was born, this idea to get a bucket was born in the pandemic because one of my former TV colleagues, who no longer is in TV now, she's killing it in real estate. She told me once that she had a pee in a McDonald's coffee cup because there was nowhere to go during the pandemic because they would not let us in to use bathrooms. Mm-hmm. I have many thoughts on that, but I'm gonna, I'm not gonna go there. So I then one day found myself without a bathroom. Other colleagues would pee between cars. I did that too. And then I realized I should get something that I can reuse. Because I also had to pee in a McDonald's cup. I drank a lot of water. In fact, I'm gonna show you, I have a yeti, not sponsored by, but wouldn't that be cool? I'm gonna show you this yeti. This is like 25 ounces. I will drink this before. Well, beginning the day in the morning, back then and now. So imagine all of this going through me. Oh yeah, and no bathroom to be had or found. So what did I do? I bought the bucket. This bucket, what I would do, I know it sounds so gross. I would take this bucket and I would put it in a plastic bag with a roll of toilet paper. Now, when it was the pandemic, I just put this puppy in the backseat of my car and I had a whole system in place. I would go behind the driver's side, get my chair, throw it all the way up, and then I would squat and go. Yes, the Red Mazda, which was also my restroom. So I would do that, and I would carry this in my backpack, in my work bag. And let me tell you, there are many a reporter out there looking into getting one of these, maybe did. Now, Pilot thinks I should surrender this and recycle it. Now it is clean. Jury's still out though, because I feel like on long road trips this thing would do very well. So um I'm gonna have to say goodbye to it at one point. Because it really is kind of gross that I can't carry this. I don't care. So now I think I'm doing an about face. Maybe I'll keep it longer. But Pilot would be so embarrassed right now. You know what? He didn't have to do this. He has in his little flight deck, no longer called a cockpit, by the way. He's got a bathroom. I don't. The cameramen don't, but their plumbing's a bit easier. Camera women and women news reporters, it's a whole different ballgame. So yeah, so I might have to say goodbye to my bucket. Another thing that I'm leaving on the on the I don't know, on the floor of the TV room. The TV news room. Okay, so here's another thing I'm coming across. A lot of people miss me on TV. I get that. I get that. I love doing that. I love doing I loved, I loved being a TV news reporter, anchor, meteorologist, all that jazz until I didn't. And I realized, well, it's just a little bit more I can give, right? So, as you may or may not know, I have a torrid love affair with ChatGPT and Claude. Oh. I mean, you are talking, I mean, hot and heavy. I am now dating both of them at the same time. I'm finding Claude to be a little bit more to the point. This is all AI. I'm finding, obviously, ChatGPT is a little bit more flowery and explanatory on things. I use them to kind of help me either narrow down what I'm writing, reorganize, and sometimes even help me clear out a closet. But for whatever reason, when I see Henry people saying that they miss me on TV, I oddly get annoyed by it, and I don't know why. Maybe it's because I don't understand why I have poured myself out on this podcast and been very honest about how I felt and why I left. I get you miss me, but like I'm also doing something greater for me, you know? So I thought, you know what? I'm gonna dive into chat and see what chat can provide me and Claude. So I don't get so triggered because it is a very kind thing, and I'm and I'm very appreciative of people wanting or missing me on TV. Those of you who want me back on TV, you're not paying attention. So anyway, okay, so I'm gonna read you a couple that I thought these are really good. So, and I do respond with these sometimes when someone says, I miss you on TV. Okay, here we go. My response Who says I left the game? I just stopped playing theirs. I didn't leave the game, I changed leagues. TV was one chapter. I'm building the part they never imagined for me. I didn't quit, I evolved. Let's see which all I mean, they're really great. These are all f I mean, listen, it is so nice to read these things because it's how I feel. I just couldn't properly put it together. Uh oh. I refuse to settle for a version of success that made me miserable. Don't be sad for me. Be proud of me. Walking away took courage. Yeah, because somebody always bought my New York press plates, and somebody was like, That's so sad. I'm so sad for you. No, no, no, no, no. You can be like, oh, bummer, but I'm not asking for a pity party. Goodness. Oh, here's one. There's grief in leaving something you loved, but there's freedom in choosing yourself. Let's say that again. There's grief in leaving something you loved, but there's freedom in choosing yourself.

unknown 19:46

Oh my gosh.

SPEAKER_01 19:51

Yeah, these are great. Okay, and this one I love. When, you know, again, somebody's like, oh, I miss you, or you were so good on TV. Well, I mean, in a way, if you watch me on TV right now, I'm still on TV. So, you know. This is a response I loved. I appreciate that, but I don't want people to miss me so much they forget to root for who I'm becoming. Now, um, if you're thinking of leaving something, it doesn't have to be TV, it could be anything. Think of these. Bookmark this podcast because I'm giving you some good ammo. Good responses. Oh. I think it's, I mean, I could keep going, but that was. Ooh, ooh, okay, I'm gonna end it with this one. I mean, not the pod, but yeah. I hope one day people say, look what happened after she left. You can say what you want about Chat GPT and Claude. Oh, I felt so good after I read that. I was like, yes, thank you, thank you, thank you. So I may not know, going back to the beginning of this, how to properly do the hooks and Instagram reels and Facebook reels and TikTok, forget about it. Okay, but one thing I do know is having the courage, mustering up that courage to finally leave something that no longer serves you. Okay. So I'm hanging my hat on that. The whole idea of reinvention and the courage thing, because it takes a lot of balls to do this. And to finally say enough is enough, again, can be applied to anything. Just for me, it applies to my career. Um and in the same vein, as I'm reinventing. It was brought to my attention during an interview that I need to level up. I'm gonna play a part of the interview where I it it hit for me, and I'm going to explain a little bit more about why it hit. Okay. So this is um the podcast. This is a clip of a prior podcast with Philadelphia comedian Amanda Yoa, who has been on this journey with me since July of 2025. And she has been such a beacon of hope and support and guidance through me cracking out of the news shell and becoming my own person. I know it sounds silly because I'm on TV or I had been on TV and all, but it's a whole different mindset in ballgame. Um, so this is what Amanda said to me. And take a listen and I will let you know uh my deeper thoughts after.

SPEAKER_00 23:02

God being intimidated by what you see people around you doing. That was a huge lesson for me in doubling down on being fully invested in me. Like I would get triggered, and I remember having a conversation with one of my mentors, and they're like, Well, you have two choices. You can be triggered by what this person's doing and choose to stay stuck, right? Or you can be inspired because when you point one finger, you always got three pointing back at you. So if you're pointing a finger at what this person over here's doing, you got three fingers pointing back at you. Well, what's that say about you? Like you see this person leveling up and doing the thing, it's time for you to maybe work on yourself so you can level up and do your thing. Okay. Thoughts about that.

SPEAKER_01 23:49

So I have a fellow former TV person who I think is killing it. I have talked to her about this, and she's probably listening to this right now. She knows who she is. And I just, I'm enamored by her. I think what she's doing is so cool, and um I just I feel like I just cannot, I cannot get to her level. And I told her all this, so this is not going to come to a surprise to her. But and I said, it's not a jealousy or envy. It's that I love you and I respect you so much, but I just feel like what you're doing is something that I should be doing and leaning more into. And ironically enough, it is something I've been thinking of doing. But there are days where I have a hard time watching you because I feel bad about myself, that I'm not giving more of me out there. I'm almost like too afraid. And, you know, I think I'm just, I know it sounds crazy, but you're stuck in this like 20 years of learning how to properly say the certain right thing on TV. Don't ruffle feathers, be fair and balanced. And yes, I absolutely think that that's that's what's needed, right? But like I'm not doing that anymore. So I think it's okay for me to give my opinions on things, not politics. I'm not going there. I'll tell you that much right now. But like, I just feel like I need to kind of say more about who I am because a lot of my pods have been interviewing somebody. And every now and again I'll have a little moment where I say something about me. Sure. But I feel like I really need to lean in heavily or a little bit more about me. Like I love the color yellow. I also love the color orange. And more recently, I've loved the color yellow more than orange. I love Enya. If you don't know who Enya is, you're messing out. I love Enya. I love Enya. I don't think she does uh concerts because she does like synthesizers and stuff. But if you know Enya, you know Enya. I'm a child of like the 80s, right? I think it's great people are smoking weed, but I still feel funny because it's the I'm I remembered like being in the Dare program, being like, oh, that's bad. Like there's like weird, quirky things, like things that you would, I would never say this during a live shot. Or maybe I would, depending upon the the story. But I see my friend doing these things. I mean, she is just like really good at it. And she's and this is where I get trapped up. She has so many followers, both on TikTok and on Instagram. And I look and I'm like, what the F? Like, and then I get all down on myself and all mad that I can't like level up. And when Amanda Yoa said that, I thought, oh my God, we all have a part of a bit of that in us, don't we? Right? Where you think, oh, that person has this. And I have a problem with comparing myself with people for whatever reason. And Amanda was like, no. Like that specific thing she said in that podcast made me think, like, yeah, if I'm pointing one finger at my friend, again, not in a malicious way, trust me. And I, and and I'm pointing, I'm like, well, she's got this, that, and there are three other fingers or more pointing at me, being like, Well, what are you doing for you? Maybe it's time for you to level up. Like Amanda's mentor was spot on. Because I have been told that when you get upset or rattled by something or offended or or or jilted or whatever, it's almost like that person's holding up a mirror to you. And you gotta look inward. Like, okay, it's me. This is a me issue. This is not a them problem. This is a me problem. And I'm not saying that it's a problem on my end. I'm just, I'm realizing this is a challenge. I'm scared. The girl who left, not one, but two TV stations in New York City is scared. Oh yeah. I don't know. I just don't want to hear the crap if people don't like I I'm a in a way a people pleaser. I don't, I just don't want to hear, like, you know, you know what I mean? Like, I I don't want to hear it. And I also understand I signed up to be public and I'm putting a lot of my shit out there. I get that too. And I have a tough skin, I can handle a lot of it, but you know, we all have weak moments. Right? Yeah. So I I am definitely um reflecting still on Amanda's piece of advice. I definitely need it. And I'm also glad that I talked to my friend and I told her about it because I I had to. I was like, listen, there is there's a part of an interview, and it's about you. And I'm such a supporter of this friend of mine. I mean, you have no idea, but it's funny to me that you know what she said to me was basically what I'm thinking of her. And I have another friend who I recently told her I feel a little lost. I'm in my lost phase, apparently. And by the way, did you ever watch that show Lost? How great was it? Right? The ending could have been better, but whatever. Um, but I'm in my lost phase, and I talked to my friend, and she was surprised to hear it. She said, Well, it looks like you're killing it. Smoke and mirrors, baby. I mean, I have full confidence in what I'm doing. I don't regret anything. I don't live in a world of regrets. I live in a world of if something happened, it's a challenge and I learned from it. But yeah, I'm just trying to like, I'm trying to find my voice more as me than you know, being that buttoned up. It's gonna take it's still gonna take time. Oh my gosh. And here's another little like tidbit about me. I'm realizing that it's probably in my best interest to go back to therapy. Oh yeah. I mean, I'm not losing it or anything, but I feel like I just need a little mental tune-up. You know? Now I've done better help. I don't know if anybody else has done better help out there. It's very nice. And now that I said it out loud, I gotta do it. I told Pilot on the phone today, it I gotta do it. And I believe May is mental health awareness month. So this is I gotta do it by the end of the month. Done. I'm doing it. I'm gonna sign up. Now I was in it before, and then I then I stopped because I felt like okay, because I need it for career and family stuff. And I did that, and I felt good, and then I need it again for career and family stuff. Just to make sure I'm like alright, you know. I mean, I think I'm okay, but it's always nice to talk to somebody who's not attached to any situation, right? Which leads me to the summer. So the summer, I know we have the summer solstice on the 21st of June, but I have a plan, a little, a little plan for the summer, for my summer series. And I think it's uh the my uh my personal call to action that Amanda challenged me with. I think I'm going to take her up on it. And um, it's gonna be a little bit different than what we have been experiencing. I know that um listener habits change just a little bit in the summer, and I am going to use uh this model, meaning this podcast episode, as kind of to see how people feel about the vibe and the flow. Um, but I have a, I'll announce more of it when it's time, which is gonna be the June 24th episode, because that kicks off the summer. That's the first Wednesday of the summer because my pods drop on Wednesdays. Um, so yeah, so I'm I'm excited about it because I think that's going to force my hand to be a little bit more honest about who I am, where I'm at, because I'm still trying to figure this thing out, but you're all here with me, front row seat, and I have to be better at giving you access to that front row seat. And I think that's where I'm trying to figure out because you get all these like social media things. You got you got the Facebook. Yeah, believe it or not. Oddly, I'm killing it on Facebook. I mean killing it. I'm not killing it, but you know, and then Instagram. Then you got LinkedIn. I got my YouTube, and then there is the TikTok. Now, TikTok and I are still trying to figure things out. I think this summer I'm gonna lean more into TikTok too. TikTok, tick, tick tock too, tick tock to. Um, because what happened was TikTok and I started our relationship with me doing those daily weather briefs, which a lot of people loved, but they just stopped me in my tracks every day because I had to look at models and I'm like, it's just too much. Um, but yeah. So, you know, I'm gonna, I'm I'm trying to figure it out. We're all trying to figure it out, right? So why not do it in the summer? Try to figure it out in the summer. Okay, so to wrap this bad boy up, what are we at? Oh, we're at like what 30 minutes? Yeah. Um, I'm bringing back. I'm resurrecting. Oh, yes, my friends. The You Are a Bad Ass Every Day by Jen Sincero book. You remember this from the beginning? I haven't opened this up for a while. Now, what this is is this is basically um, it says how to keep your motivation strong, your vibe high, and your quest for transformation unstoppable. So this book is there's another book. It's kind of above me. It's like you're a what is it, you're a badass, I think the book is, like the first book. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And um that one is just a step-by-step process of you know, just kind of coming into your own. And I think I got that book maybe five years ago. But this You're a Badass Every Day. Oh my god, it's I because I keep everything because I'm a oh my god, I almost called myself a whore. I'm not a whore, I'm a hoarder. Not a hoarder, but I got this.

unknown 34:31

No shit.

SPEAKER_01 34:33

Oh, I got this on ready, August 8th, 2019. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yep, yep, yep. Mm-hmm. So I I got this and it kind of is a daily affirmation. And what I love to do is flip through it and just read you something. And that's what I'm gonna do today. I'm gonna flip through this and I'm gonna read something. Ready? So nat pop for those who understand. And if you don't understand, it's the TV person's version of a gnat gnat sound. Nat pop, like a pop of whatever. Anyway. You hear that? Those are pages flipping. Okay, so we're gonna randomly open up to a page. I have no idea what it's gonna say, but we're gonna read it. I'm gonna read it to you. We're not gonna read it together because you can't see what I'm reading. Only I can. Oi. All right, let's see what we got to end this podcast episode, right? Oh, it's we're vibing high, right? We're vibing high. This is gonna, this is gonna be what we walk away with today, okay? This one. Oh, it's a little story. Oh, it's it's a it's a two-page or so. Here we go. I know that one of my big challenges here on Earth is learning to master or even acquire a tiny smidge of patience. Because Universe always gives us exactly what we need. I currently find myself living in a historical town full of elderly seniors who refuse to surrender their driver's licenses, lost tourists, 15 mile an hour speed limits, and endless mazes of narrow, confusing streets. The other day I got trapped behind someone who is so lost, incompetent, dedicated to helping me grow, that I was forced to sit through not one, but two rounds of light changes. Ladies and gentlemen, while they tried and failed to make a left turn. I heard myself yelling, oh my God, I hate you. Haven't we all been there? Only to immediately afterward mumble, here I go, it's happening right now. In order to change unwanted behavior patterns, it's helpful to become aware of what sets us off. So we can practice catching ourselves in the act. The moment you realize the not-so-great behavior is rearing its head, you can interrupt it by saying something like, Here I go, it's happening right now. Then step back to watch yourself and make a more impressive choice about how to respond. As I sat there at the intersection, embarking on round three of Will this person finally make the turn? Instead of fantasizing about following them around for the rest of the day while leaning on my horn and screaming obscenities out the window, I sat back, rolled down my window, and looked at the flowers growing in the media. The exciting and educational conclusion to this story is that I made it to my doctor appointment with two whole minutes to spare. Take a moment to think about which situations people tend to trigger your not-so-favorite sides of yourself. Who or what inspires you to turn into a grouch, get gossipy, apologize unnecessarily, cheat on your diet, whine and complain, make excuses, talk badly about yourself and or others, your temper tantrums, overdo it with the tequila shots or martinis. Once you wake up to your danger zones, you're better prepared to catch and shift your behavior before you do something correct. Talk about triggers, huh? That hit. Alright, well, go be great, enjoy this unofficial start to summer. And I will see you back here next week or throughout the week if you decide to, you know, hop in and listen to this podcast and repeat. Or if you're listening to it, who knows, but all right. Thank you for listening, being here with me and for me. Bye, friends.