January 16, 2025 • 12 mins
On today's episode: from Chat GPT to chat rooms on the original AOL, I showcase how a simple thought can spiral into hyperfixating! I also talk about self-care with the Finch Self-Care Pet app and "A Hug in a Box" pampering, the latter which has me wondering if you too ever sit something away on a shelf with the intent of using it at "the perfect moment," but then months go by and you still haven't used it?
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Speaker 1 (00:21):
Hello and welcome to a new episode of A Spectrum of
Hyperfixations.
I am your host, miss T.
Today, the T stands fortenacious comes to mind because
I've been getting some work donetoday, I've been making some
connections.
Today it feels good and theyalways say you know, it's who
(00:45):
you know.
So I went in for an interview Ithink it was last week, no, it
was the week of Christmas, soit's been a while Went in for an
interview at an employmentstaffing company and hit it off
(01:06):
real well with the recruiterthere.
And today she mentioned a coupleof different places like
nonprofits in the community andthinks that they would be really
good like personal cup fillerswith aligning with my coaching,
and one of them is called thePando Initiative, where they put
(01:27):
somebody in a school, kind oflike a mentor or counselor for
kids, and I thought that wouldbe really cool.
So she gave me the contact infoof somebody and now I reached
out and we're going to hopefullymeet up next week so I can talk
to her about what she does andhow maybe I will be able to
(01:49):
apply for a position if it comesopen in the future.
So, yeah, making moves and, youknow, tapping into that
identity of being a coach, beinga successful coach and getting
things done.
So it feels good to tap in thatsort of confidence because
(02:09):
otherwise, you know, usually Iwould just be like, oh gosh,
well, we got to set this aside.
We got to think about it fordays, we got to come up with the
perfect outreach email verbiageyou know all the things and
it's like no, just do it rightnow and check it off your list.
Which, speaking of lists, Iguess this can be a cheer for
the week is the Finch self-careapp.
(02:32):
If you haven't heard of this,it is freaking adorable.
And I didn't realize how muchI'm motivated when there is this
sense of disappointing someoneor, in this case, something.
And that's my little burb, andthey call it a burb, but not a
bird, and it's so cute.
(02:53):
And I recognize you know thatmy need to be motivated by the
fear of disappointing somebodyis absolutely like a trauma
response and everything.
And that's okay, I'm going touse it to my advantage and
actually get stuff done.
I have been so motivated theselast couple of days since I
downloaded the app.
It's unreal and it just feelsso good to check it off my list.
(03:16):
I uh my sister had it andshowed me it while she was down
here at Christmas time, and so Ifinally was like you know what,
I'll give it a try.
And I became instantly obsessedand texted another friend about
it.
They downloaded it and we'reall getting stuff done, but it
(03:37):
feels really good and so Ihighly recommend it if you like
video games, because there's ayou know kind of like instant
gratification of you know youget coins and then you can buy
things um like, and it doesn't,it's totally free.
You can opt for a you know apurchase plan or whatever, but I
went with the free version.
It's, it's great and, um likevideo games or cute little
(04:01):
animals Like it's totally foryou.
I'm curious if you can hearHershey wailing in the
background because she justdecided to start meowing her
head off.
I should actually check and seeif there's.
If it started snowing, it'ssupposed to start snowing again
today.
So we're just again cooped upin the house.
That's not a jeer, though Idon't really have any jeers
(04:26):
right now.
Yeah, things are pretty goodright now, though I will kind of
pivot here and talk about I'mgoing to see.
Okay, I'm having a brain fartbecause there are two things I
want to talk about today.
So the first one is my friendfor Christmas sent me a hug in a
(04:48):
box and it's really cute.
It comes with like a bunch oflittle fun pampering items like
under eye masks, body butter andreally nice lather soap like
bar soap, a small candle, a bathbomb and facial serum and a
(05:10):
clay mask and it smells so good.
Like the moment I opened thebox, I was hit with like this
heavenly scent.
It's so good and it's just beensitting here and I'm like, yeah
, I'll get to it.
I really want to do it, becauseyou know it's like a spa day
for yourself.
You know, pamper yourself, sortof thing.
And I'm like, yeah, yeah, yeah,I'll, I gotta wait, I gotta
(05:34):
wait for the right time, I gottawait for the perfect moment.
And the other day I was like Ineed to just like dig into this
and figure out how to use theseand just start using them.
And that's something I want toremind you is you wait for the
(05:54):
perfect time or the perfectmoment?
It's never going to happen.
You have to create that perfectmoment for yourself.
Does anybody else do this,where you get something nice and
you're like you put it on theshelf and you think, okay, I'm
going to come back to this atthe right moment, the right time
, whatever that is.
And then it just sits there formonths and you never get to use
(06:14):
the thing or enjoy the thing ordo the thing, because it never
is the right time, it never fitsin the schedule, it never fill
in the blank.
And so last night I took the box, open it up, I wrote I
literally wrote downinstructions for when and how to
use, like the clay mask and thefacial serum, because it's like
(06:38):
, okay, do I use this one beforeI cleanse my face?
Do I use this one for how long?
How many drops of this?
And that, like I need clearconstruction that way, make it
as simple as possible to usethese things, put them out in
the bathroom so that they areready to go, not just hanging
out in the box anymore.
And we're just going to createthese opportunities.
So that's something I justwanted to touch on and see if
(07:01):
anybody else does that where youyeah, you put something away,
you wait for the time and thenthe time never comes.
So less than one of the daymake that time.
So today's episode is just allloopholes, apparently.
But here is a look into sort ofhow my brain works and how I
become hyper fixated on things.
(07:21):
So the other night I wasthinking about oh gosh, I can't
remember Now, I can't evenremember how I got onto this
thought, but it was thinkingabout chat GPT and asking chat
to BT to do something.
And then that got me thinkingof oh wow, like I remember when
(07:48):
this was becoming such a bigdeal it really wasn't that long
ago when we started hearingstories of chat GPT is here and
this is all that it can do, andnow it's becoming a problem
because, like, and all thesestories are happening and the
life, like, there was a timewhen chat GPT was not talked
about or anything like that, andit's just been very recent.
(08:09):
And then I was like, oh yeah,it's kind of like back in the
day when I don't know if any ofyou remember of the dial-up days
with AOLcom and AOL InstantMessenger.
But there there was a user Iguess I don't know what else to
(08:32):
call them, but our cousinsintroduced us to this.
It was called Smart Child andif you message Smart Child, it
was an AI who would be able tolike respond to you.
And yeah, it was ChatGPT beforeChat chat GPT, but it was very
(08:55):
basic and minimal.
So then thinking of smart childgot me reminiscing then about
the good old days with dial upand how, whenever I'd have
sleepovers, either at myfriend's house or my house, we
would always hop online afterthe parents went to bed, you
(09:17):
know, because you were going totie up the phone line if you did
and we were also doing thingswe shouldn't be doing as kids.
So we waited until they went tobed, got online and they were
entering the AOL chat rooms.
Do you guys remember these AOLchat rooms?
It was like the freaking WildWest back then, my goodness,
like what a time.
And at this point we're infourth grade, fourth fifth grade
(09:40):
, when all this was coming outand I remember all this again.
See, deep dive into my brain.
All this was leading to amemory of being at a friend's
house and we would play SuperSmash Brothers on the N64 for
hours.
And then we got on her dad'slaptop, went to an AOL chat room
(10:03):
, you break out into the instantmessenger with somebody that
you like, hit off in the chatroom with and of course you know
they're asking asl, age, sex,uh, location always lie and um,
at one point we like knockedover a cup and she was drinking
root beer and so like we werefreaking out because it like
(10:26):
spilled on the laptop right.
And then we had to tell thedude like we needed to step away
or we had to clean up something, but we called it like oh, I
spilled my beer.
Because we were trying to actolder and we couldn't say like
oh, I spilled my root beer.
It would just sound so childish.
But man, that was such fun.
Times of just.
(10:47):
Those were the early days oftrolling, where we would just
roll into a chat room, try to beposing as adults and you either
instigate a fight in the chatroom or you're just watching
with your popcorn.
I mean, my gosh, it was just,like I said, the wild west of
(11:07):
the internet back then.
And um, so yeah, that was howeverything from thinking about
putting something into chat, gptto help me with, led me all the
way down to the good old daysof AOL and memories.
So I just wanted to share that alook into how the hyperfixation
happens.
It can take one little thingand then your brain spirals
(11:29):
outwards.
So short episode today.
That's fine too, because again,these are just my hyper
fixations in the moment for theweek, or, however I feel, keep
it nice and bite sized today.
Reminder again, webinar, freewebinar is happening on January
(11:49):
20th at 2 pm Central.
It is who Are you ReallyDiscovering and Embracing your
Identity?
I wrapped up my notes today.
It is going to be awesome.
A lot of good content.
Yes, I am hyping myself up tosound confident and feel
confident and be confident.
This is my first ever webinarthat I'm doing with a whole
(12:13):
slide deck, zoom, all the things.
So, um, it's, it's just goingto be great.
I hope you can attend link inthe show notes, totally free to
attend again.
And, um, yeah, hope you arecontinuing to stay warm and to
stay safe and remember that youare stronger than you feel and
(12:38):
that you are loved.
See you next time.
Hello and welcome to a new episode of A Spectrum of
Hyperfixations.
I am your host, miss T.
Today, the T stands fortenacious comes to mind because
I've been getting some work donetoday, I've been making some
connections.
Today it feels good and theyalways say you know, it's who
(00:45):
you know.
So I went in for an interview Ithink it was last week, no, it
was the week of Christmas, soit's been a while Went in for an
interview at an employmentstaffing company and hit it off
(01:06):
real well with the recruiterthere.
And today she mentioned a coupleof different places like
nonprofits in the community andthinks that they would be really
good like personal cup fillerswith aligning with my coaching,
and one of them is called thePando Initiative, where they put
(01:27):
somebody in a school, kind oflike a mentor or counselor for
kids, and I thought that wouldbe really cool.
So she gave me the contact infoof somebody and now I reached
out and we're going to hopefullymeet up next week so I can talk
to her about what she does andhow maybe I will be able to
(01:49):
apply for a position if it comesopen in the future.
So, yeah, making moves and, youknow, tapping into that
identity of being a coach, beinga successful coach and getting
things done.
So it feels good to tap in thatsort of confidence because
(02:09):
otherwise, you know, usually Iwould just be like, oh gosh,
well, we got to set this aside.
We got to think about it fordays, we got to come up with the
perfect outreach email verbiageyou know all the things and
it's like no, just do it rightnow and check it off your list.
Which, speaking of lists, Iguess this can be a cheer for
the week is the Finch self-careapp.
(02:32):
If you haven't heard of this,it is freaking adorable.
And I didn't realize how muchI'm motivated when there is this
sense of disappointing someoneor, in this case, something.
And that's my little burb, andthey call it a burb, but not a
bird, and it's so cute.
(02:53):
And I recognize you know thatmy need to be motivated by the
fear of disappointing somebodyis absolutely like a trauma
response and everything.
And that's okay, I'm going touse it to my advantage and
actually get stuff done.
I have been so motivated theselast couple of days since I
downloaded the app.
It's unreal and it just feelsso good to check it off my list.
(03:16):
I uh my sister had it andshowed me it while she was down
here at Christmas time, and so Ifinally was like you know what,
I'll give it a try.
And I became instantly obsessedand texted another friend about
it.
They downloaded it and we'reall getting stuff done, but it
(03:37):
feels really good and so Ihighly recommend it if you like
video games, because there's ayou know kind of like instant
gratification of you know youget coins and then you can buy
things um like, and it doesn't,it's totally free.
You can opt for a you know apurchase plan or whatever, but I
went with the free version.
It's, it's great and, um likevideo games or cute little
(04:01):
animals Like it's totally foryou.
I'm curious if you can hearHershey wailing in the
background because she justdecided to start meowing her
head off.
I should actually check and seeif there's.
If it started snowing, it'ssupposed to start snowing again
today.
So we're just again cooped upin the house.
That's not a jeer, though Idon't really have any jeers
(04:26):
right now.
Yeah, things are pretty goodright now, though I will kind of
pivot here and talk about I'mgoing to see.
Okay, I'm having a brain fartbecause there are two things I
want to talk about today.
So the first one is my friendfor Christmas sent me a hug in a
(04:48):
box and it's really cute.
It comes with like a bunch oflittle fun pampering items like
under eye masks, body butter andreally nice lather soap like
bar soap, a small candle, a bathbomb and facial serum and a
(05:10):
clay mask and it smells so good.
Like the moment I opened thebox, I was hit with like this
heavenly scent.
It's so good and it's just beensitting here and I'm like, yeah
, I'll get to it.
I really want to do it, becauseyou know it's like a spa day
for yourself.
You know, pamper yourself, sortof thing.
And I'm like, yeah, yeah, yeah,I'll, I gotta wait, I gotta
(05:34):
wait for the right time, I gottawait for the perfect moment.
And the other day I was like Ineed to just like dig into this
and figure out how to use theseand just start using them.
And that's something I want toremind you is you wait for the
(05:54):
perfect time or the perfectmoment?
It's never going to happen.
You have to create that perfectmoment for yourself.
Does anybody else do this,where you get something nice and
you're like you put it on theshelf and you think, okay, I'm
going to come back to this atthe right moment, the right time
, whatever that is.
And then it just sits there formonths and you never get to use
(06:14):
the thing or enjoy the thing ordo the thing, because it never
is the right time, it never fitsin the schedule, it never fill
in the blank.
And so last night I took the box, open it up, I wrote I
literally wrote downinstructions for when and how to
use, like the clay mask and thefacial serum, because it's like
(06:38):
, okay, do I use this one beforeI cleanse my face?
Do I use this one for how long?
How many drops of this?
And that, like I need clearconstruction that way, make it
as simple as possible to usethese things, put them out in
the bathroom so that they areready to go, not just hanging
out in the box anymore.
And we're just going to createthese opportunities.
So that's something I justwanted to touch on and see if
(07:01):
anybody else does that where youyeah, you put something away,
you wait for the time and thenthe time never comes.
So less than one of the daymake that time.
So today's episode is just allloopholes, apparently.
But here is a look into sort ofhow my brain works and how I
become hyper fixated on things.
(07:21):
So the other night I wasthinking about oh gosh, I can't
remember Now, I can't evenremember how I got onto this
thought, but it was thinkingabout chat GPT and asking chat
to BT to do something.
And then that got me thinkingof oh wow, like I remember when
(07:48):
this was becoming such a bigdeal it really wasn't that long
ago when we started hearingstories of chat GPT is here and
this is all that it can do, andnow it's becoming a problem
because, like, and all thesestories are happening and the
life, like, there was a timewhen chat GPT was not talked
about or anything like that, andit's just been very recent.
(08:09):
And then I was like, oh yeah,it's kind of like back in the
day when I don't know if any ofyou remember of the dial-up days
with AOLcom and AOL InstantMessenger.
But there there was a user Iguess I don't know what else to
(08:32):
call them, but our cousinsintroduced us to this.
It was called Smart Child andif you message Smart Child, it
was an AI who would be able tolike respond to you.
And yeah, it was ChatGPT beforeChat chat GPT, but it was very
(08:55):
basic and minimal.
So then thinking of smart childgot me reminiscing then about
the good old days with dial upand how, whenever I'd have
sleepovers, either at myfriend's house or my house, we
would always hop online afterthe parents went to bed, you
(09:17):
know, because you were going totie up the phone line if you did
and we were also doing thingswe shouldn't be doing as kids.
So we waited until they went tobed, got online and they were
entering the AOL chat rooms.
Do you guys remember these AOLchat rooms?
It was like the freaking WildWest back then, my goodness,
like what a time.
And at this point we're infourth grade, fourth fifth grade
(09:40):
, when all this was coming outand I remember all this again.
See, deep dive into my brain.
All this was leading to amemory of being at a friend's
house and we would play SuperSmash Brothers on the N64 for
hours.
And then we got on her dad'slaptop, went to an AOL chat room
(10:03):
, you break out into the instantmessenger with somebody that
you like, hit off in the chatroom with and of course you know
they're asking asl, age, sex,uh, location always lie and um,
at one point we like knockedover a cup and she was drinking
root beer and so like we werefreaking out because it like
(10:26):
spilled on the laptop right.
And then we had to tell thedude like we needed to step away
or we had to clean up something, but we called it like oh, I
spilled my beer.
Because we were trying to actolder and we couldn't say like
oh, I spilled my root beer.
It would just sound so childish.
But man, that was such fun.
Times of just.
(10:47):
Those were the early days oftrolling, where we would just
roll into a chat room, try to beposing as adults and you either
instigate a fight in the chatroom or you're just watching
with your popcorn.
I mean, my gosh, it was just,like I said, the wild west of
(11:07):
the internet back then.
And um, so yeah, that was howeverything from thinking about
putting something into chat, gptto help me with, led me all the
way down to the good old daysof AOL and memories.
So I just wanted to share that alook into how the hyperfixation
happens.
It can take one little thingand then your brain spirals
(11:29):
outwards.
So short episode today.
That's fine too, because again,these are just my hyper
fixations in the moment for theweek, or, however I feel, keep
it nice and bite sized today.
Reminder again, webinar, freewebinar is happening on January
(11:49):
20th at 2 pm Central.
It is who Are you ReallyDiscovering and Embracing your
Identity?
I wrapped up my notes today.
It is going to be awesome.
A lot of good content.
Yes, I am hyping myself up tosound confident and feel
confident and be confident.
This is my first ever webinarthat I'm doing with a whole
(12:13):
slide deck, zoom, all the things.
So, um, it's, it's just goingto be great.
I hope you can attend link inthe show notes, totally free to
attend again.
And, um, yeah, hope you arecontinuing to stay warm and to
stay safe and remember that youare stronger than you feel and
(12:38):
that you are loved.
See you next time.
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