Hello and welcome to another episode of Mindfulness Plus.

I'm your host Thomas Mconki.

Thanks so much for listening today. I got a little something cooked up for you today.

Something real nice.

It starts with a story as all good things do.

Sunday, just a few days ago, I was chilling on a Zoom call with my wife's family, basking in the glow of a newborn baby.

And we noticed, wow, it's getting real hot in here. Are you feeling uncomfortable like I am?

I get up like, you know, into the phone call at some point and I see, oh, that's funny. We're at 75

degrees. The AC's on. Go back to the call. Go out again. This is 30 minutes later. It's almost

up to 80 degrees. This is where the very first moment of panic started to set in.

So think mindfulness practice right now as I tell this story. You can track your teacher's

mindfulness practice as I tell this story. So I feel panic in my body, and I think, uh-oh, RAC doesn't seem to be working.

The first thought I have, we are signed up for a cool homes program where there are rolling blackouts to save electricity, or so I thought.

I call the electric company after a couple of phone calls and transfers and being on hold.

They say, actually, you were unenrolled from that program when you moved into your new home.

So it wasn't a rolling blackout.

And the panic kind of increases in my body.

And then I start Googling like, what are the common problems that come up

with AC units in a home. And you know, you have anything from like a really dirty filter to leaking

tubes and refrigerant to a compressor. That's the big fan that blows outside that is

maybe obstructed by debris or growth. So I'm just troubleshooting the best I can. Panicking,

mind you, but not totally off my mindfulness game yet.

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