TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD (TUES): Bobby FINALLY Did Something He Was Dreading!

Summary

The Bobby Bones Show: "Tell Me Something Good (TUES): Bobby FINALLY Did Something He Was Dreading!"

Date: February 10, 2026
Host: Lunchbox (with Amy, Eddie, Doug)
Network: Premiere Networks

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Episode Overview

This episode of The Bobby Bones Show's "Tell Me Something Good" segment centers around uplifting and entertaining anecdotes among the crew. The hosts share personal wins, funny family stories, moments of gratitude, and good news from their communities. A spirit of camaraderie shines as they discuss everything from fixing dental disasters and school basketball victories to heartwarming incidents of animal shelter staff and everyday heroes. A lively debate about procrastination and productivity brings relatable laughs and reflections on personal growth.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Book Lending, Nostalgia & Hygiene (Amy, Lunchbox, Eddie)

• Amy shares a charming story about borrowing books from Mike D’s wife, who adds library-style cards to track who borrows each book.
• The group reminisces about old-school library cards and debates whether books should be passed among multiple people.
• Lunchbox humorously objects, worried about "fingering" (handling) of books by too many people.
  • Notable Quote:
    • “I don’t want books back if multiple people have been fingering them.” – Lunchbox (02:51)
• Toilet reading habits are discussed, with a consensus that it's now "so gross" compared to the era before smartphones.

2. Lunchbox's Tooth Fixing Saga

• Lunchbox finally had a broken front tooth fixed after months of delay, employing nitrous oxide which affected his sleep and made him "gassed" the rest of the day.
  • He explains the struggle of prioritizing dental work and the physical impact of needing multiple numbing injections and sleeplessness.
  • Notable Quotes:
    • “I was completely gassed out of my mind.” – Lunchbox (04:23)
    • "The hardest thing about doing anything … is just getting started.” – Lunchbox (21:43)
• The team teases him about the “nub” left underneath his veneers and how painkillers made him both sleepy and “gassy.”

Timestamps:

• Tooth story starts: 04:04
• Lunchbox on nitrous effects: 06:12

3. School Basketball Triumph (Eddie)

• Eddie beams with pride as his son’s sixth-grade basketball team advances to the championship.
• The energy at the crowded school gym is described, including cheerleaders and raucous fans.
• Eddie reflects on his own coaching, admitting he’s best suited for younger kids and values discipline over being the “fun” coach.
  • Notable Quotes:
    • “I think I was good at the seven-year-olds.” – Eddie (08:26)
    • “You see other teams with coaches, and they’re just wild…Not me, dude. I blow the whistle and, like, let’s go.” – Eddie (08:48)
• The hosts joke about silly youth basketball tricks, like the "barking dog" distraction play, and discuss questionable referee calls during youth games.

Timestamps:

• Eddie's story: 07:25
• Discussion on discipline and youth coaching: 08:26–09:08

4. The Great Procrastination Debate

• Doug praises his kids for doing Valentine’s cards early, crediting their mother’s influence and contrasting with his own procrastination.
• Amy, Lunchbox, Doug, and Eddie swap stories about their lifelong relationship with procrastination, pressure, and productivity.
• Amy attributes her past procrastination to ADHD and explains how tools like “mirroring” (doing tasks alongside someone) now help her focus.
  • Notable Quotes:
    • “I thrive in that…that’s when I am my best.” – Amy (18:04)
    • “The hardest part about doing anything…is just getting started.” – Lunchbox (21:43)
• Lunchbox advocates starting tasks early to reduce stress, but Amy defends her ability to hyper-focus under deadline pressure.

Timestamps:

• Procrastination discussion starts: 17:15
• Amy on ADHD and mirroring: 22:32

5. Community Good News (Shelters & Everyday Heroes)

• Amy spotlights Atlanta's Lifeline Animal Project staff, who spent nights at their shelters during winter storms to comfort animals and ensure no pets were alone.

• The team expresses gratitude for their sacrifice.

• Doug shares a story of a Connecticut garbage collector who stopped his route to save a choking baby using his medical training—an example of everyday heroism.

  • Notable Quotes:
    • “Doug jumps out of the truck, starts ba ba, hitting the baby on the back…Dislodges whatever's in his throat. Baby's okay.” – Doug (25:54)
    • “Saved a baby. Yeah. He’s a bad man.” – Lunchbox (26:53)

Timestamps:

• Lifeline Animal Project story: 24:49
• Doug's everyday hero story: 25:54

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Notable Quotes & Moments (with Timestamps)

• On book borrowing hygiene:

  • “I don’t want books back if multiple people have been fingering them.” – Lunchbox (02:51)

• On dental anxiety:

  • “I was completely gassed out of my mind.” – Lunchbox (04:23)

• On youth coaching:

  • “I think I was good at the seven year olds.” – Eddie (08:26)

• On the ‘barking dog’ basketball play:

  • “Do you ever see the play where the player gets down on all fours, starts barking like a dog?” – Lunchbox (09:41)
  • “That seems like a foul.” – Amy (10:14)
  • “No, it’s called a diversion.” – Eddie (10:17)

• On last-minute productivity:

  • “I thrive in that…that’s when I am my best.” – Amy (18:04)
  • “The hardest part about doing anything…is just getting started.” – Lunchbox (21:43)

• On animal shelter dedication:

  • “They stayed overnight at their shelters during recent winter storms to keep the animals safe and comforted…” – Amy (24:49)

• On helping strangers:

  • “Doug jumps out of the truck, starts ba ba, hitting the baby on the back…Dislodges whatever's in his throat. Baby's okay.” – Doug (25:54)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Book Lending Story: 01:46–03:54
• Lunchbox’s Tooth Fix: 04:04–07:24
• Eddie’s Basketball Story: 07:25–11:13
• Procrastination Debate: 17:15–23:49
• Lifeline Animal Project/Animal Shelter Story: 24:49–25:54
• Doug’s Good Samaritan Story: 25:54–26:53

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Tone & Vibe

The tone remains lighthearted, honest, and conversational—with plenty of playful teasing, storytelling, and genuine admiration for both each other and everyday heroes. The banter is relatable and friendly, peppered with the group's signature sense of humor and authenticity.

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Summary:
This episode of "Tell Me Something Good" offers a refreshing blend of mundane victories, childhood nostalgia, relatable anxieties, and community appreciation. Whether sharing toothache triumphs, celebrating youth sports, or reforming procrastination habits, the crew draws the listener in with wit, warmth, and sincerity—reminding us that “good news” is often found in life’s everyday moments.

Transcript

[Amy]

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[Bowen Yang]

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[Matt Rogers]

And I'm Matt Rogers.

[Bowen Yang]

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[Doug]

Hi, Bud. Hi, Matt.

[Matt Rogers]

Hey, Elmo.

[Lunchbox]

Hey, Matt.

[Doug]

Hey, Bowen.

[Amy]

Hi, Cookie. Hi.

[Matt Rogers]

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[Lunchbox]

It's time for the good news.

[Matt Rogers]

Tell me something good.

[Lunchbox]

Around the room. Amy, you're up.

[Amy]

So I have a little thank you from Mike D's wife, or thank you from me to her. And something I thought was super cute that others might wanna do is she brought me some books because I'm reading them now. So let me grab.

[Lunchbox]

I saw books on your desk this morning.

[Amy]

Yeah. And something that's super cute, she texts me about. She's like, hey, on the inside, these aren't from a library. She's like, but I got these cute little library cards that I'm putting in. And so to all her friends that borrow the book, like, you're gonna sign it, like you're checking it out from her library.

[Lunchbox]

And then, oh, you have to give it back.

[Amy]

Yeah, I'll give it back to her when I'm done.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, I thought it just, like, kept track of everybody who owned the book and read the book.

[Eddie]

Oh.

[Lunchbox]

Or that.

[Amy]

I don't know. I guess I haven't gotten specifics from her. I just thought it was cute. She said she just sent me a picture of the library card, which felt really nostalgic to open it up and see, because this is how it was when we went to the library.

[Lunchbox]

Mike has a Dewey decimal system at his house.

[Amy]

So she just sent me. She just sent me a text saying, like, hey, this isn't really from a library. It's just something cute that I'm adding to my books. And I was like, oh, that is so fun. So, yeah, either maybe we pass it around or I give it back to her. I'm not sure what she would prefer, but she gave me two of them.

[Lunchbox]

So I don't want books back if multiple people have been fingering them. You know what I mean?

[Eddie]

You mean like reading them?

[Lunchbox]

Touching them at their fingers?

[Amy]

Can you just say touching them?

[Lunchbox]

No, because books are very fingery. It's just like.

[Eddie]

And then people look finger like.

[Doug]

Yes.

[Lunchbox]

So I'm saying it's different than just touching.

[Amy]

But from a library. Yeah, we would all get books from the library. Or like, our books when I was nine. Oh, just now that we're more established.

[Lunchbox]

I don't even use the real books.

[Amy]

You use the Kindle?

[Lunchbox]

Yeah. And if I did. If I gave somebody a book that's now their book because they're fingering it like crazy, and. And I don't want anything to do with it.

[Doug]

Amy, do you take books on the. In the bathroom?

[Amy]

No, because I don't spend a lot of time on. That's bad for you.

[Lunchbox]

You don't sit on the toilet with a book?

[Amy]

No, because I don't spend a lot of time there.

[Lunchbox]

That used to be the thing. I know, but before phones or iPads.

[Eddie]

Oh, magazines, you would have to go.

[Lunchbox]

In and take a book or a magazine with you.

[Eddie]

Or in people's bathrooms.

[Lunchbox]

How toxic those things were.

[Eddie]

People's bathrooms, they had magazines and baskets.

[Lunchbox]

On the back of the toilet.

[Amy]

So gross. You're right.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah. That's worse than getting fingered. All right. Yeah. There you go. Good. You ready for mine?

[Amy]

Yes.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, Tiny, I got my tooth fixed.

[Eddie]

That's awesome.

[Doug]

Thank you.

[Lunchbox]

Thank you. It was a mess. It was a real mess.

[Amy]

Was it hard to say goodbye to Tiny? What do you mean, a mess?

[Lunchbox]

I went in and I had multiple things to do yesterday, including go to the dentist. And for those that don't know, my teeth are all fake. And so every once in a while, I break one because I grind my teeth really bad. And I cracked this one in the front probably five months ago, if not more. And I went and had it fixed and then it came out. So hit up my dentist and I just couldn't get in. I didn't prioritize it. And my wife's like, well, you should probably get it fixed since you're on Netflix all the time. You were just looking for a reason to get it fixed. So, fine. I go in and I say, hey, how much time is it going to be? And they're like an hour max. And so I go in. I was there for two and a half hours yesterday because they just could not get it right. I was completely gassed out of my mind. They had to shoot. They had to needle me a few times. My gums are so sore. I didn't sleep at all last night because you take all that laughing gas, that nitrous, it completely messes with your cortisone. I woke up at probably one o' clock and didn't go back to sleep until it was almost time to wake up. This brutal. But I did get my tooth fixed. So I got. That's it. And it matches now it looks pretty good. But I had to cancel. I had to cancel my ankle rehabilitation.

[Amy]

Oh, yeah. Do you know the exercises, though, that you can do at home?

[Lunchbox]

Yeah. I woke up this morning and I'm starting to push it a little bit. Like, I'm not thinking about it, I'm just working out. Like, I woke up. Well, I woke up. I was up all night last night. And so there's a point when I just give up and go, I'm just gonna stay awake for a little bit. And so I was, like, doing some yoga stuff. And so it doesn't hurt right now, but I've been working out hard the last couple days. My legs are so sore. It's like, I've never worked out in my life. And then I started doing lunges and squats. And that's pretty brutal. There's a lot of negative here, but a positive is I have my tooth back.

[Eddie]

Yeah, you got.

[Amy]

Oh, yeah, we're doing.

[Lunchbox]

It was a long one.

[Eddie]

Which one is it? I can't even tell anymore.

[Lunchbox]

Exactly.

[Eddie]

It's pretty good. So when you had shorty or tiny, that wasn't your real tooth.

[Lunchbox]

That was.

[Eddie]

Okay. So the bottom part is your real tooth.

[Lunchbox]

So whenever you get veneers, they cut your teeth down. They cut them basically in half the long way, and they cut the side of it a little bit because they got to put those veneers over the top of it. So your real teeth are no longer. And so that's all it Was was the nub that they had cut down when they were putting the veneers over it.

[Eddie]

Wow.

[Lunchbox]

Way back in the day. But that's what's up.

[Amy]

I'm glad you got it done.

[Lunchbox]

Stayed gassed up all day and all night and then if you are taking in all that gas then you're just so gassy all night too.

[Amy]

Really?

[Eddie]

Like. Like farting?

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, really. Your body's taking all that gas. It's got to get rid of it.

[Eddie]

Oh, I didn't even think that that was the same kind of gas.

[Doug]

Yeah, that was a different gun.

[Lunchbox]

Out goes in and I didn't know.

[Amy]

It messed with your cortisol. And then you. Cuz you think it would relax you.

[Lunchbox]

It does relax you. Oh, but it causes the cortisol spike later. Oh also I fell asleep for like an hour and 40 minutes on the stuff and then that didn't help my sleep either.

[Eddie]

At the dentist.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, I was gassed out of my mind. I was went to sleep so. But I do have a new tooth. Feel pretty good about it. Eddie, yours.

[Eddie]

So my son, his sixth grade basketball team, they have advanced to the championship of what? Basketball. They played the final four yesterday.

[Lunchbox]

School or club?

[Eddie]

It's school. It's for their middle school. So it's a big deal. Like it's awesome in middle school because like the whole school's behind them. The gym was jam packed. There were cheerleaders and everything.

[Lunchbox]

For a pep rally or for the game?

[Eddie]

No, for the game.

[Lunchbox]

What time was the game? It was like at 8 o' clock last night.

[Eddie]

It was late.

[Doug]

Wow.

[Narrator]

Wow.

[Eddie]

Yeah, it was late. So there were. There were two games? There were. There were two. The winner of the first game is going to play them now. So the championships tomorrow. Dude, it's going to be awesome.

[Lunchbox]

Do you know the other school?

[Eddie]

Yeah, yeah, we saw him play.

[Lunchbox]

So it is another school.

[Eddie]

Yeah. So we got there early to see their game, kind of to see who the competition is going to be and I don't know, he's just so excited. His whole team's excited. The school's excited. It's. It's cool to see him like work so hard and then them get to the championship and then be really proud of himself. It's cool.

[Lunchbox]

Do you wish you coached that team?

[Eddie]

No, no dude. Sixth grade level, that's beyond me.

[Lunchbox]

Where do you think your level caps out?

[Eddie]

I think I was good at the seven year olds.

[Lunchbox]

The first grade.

[Eddie]

Seven year old. First, second grade is kind of where I was good. And then after that you Got to run plays, and I'm out.

[Lunchbox]

What do you think made you a good coach?

[Eddie]

Oh, I think just the discipline, you know, like, just setting the discipline tone for the kids.

[Lunchbox]

Not your ability to relate. Because some coaches. Their ability to relate.

[Eddie]

No, no, no, no. Like, I think so. Like, you see other. Other teams get together with coaches, and they're just wild. Like, they're doing jumping jacks, they're tickling each other, and the coach is like, all right, guys, come on. Not me, dude. I blow the whistle and, like, let's go. Do you see that other team tickling each other? No, sir, we don't. All right, no more tickling. And then we get down to business.

[Lunchbox]

So they say they don't see the other team tickling each other, and then you say, we don't do what you don't see.

[Eddie]

So, like, the first game, right? Like, we're warming up on our side of the court, and the other team's warming up, and then the other team's doing drills. Like, they're doing layup drills, and our team's tickling each other.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, got it.

[Eddie]

You know, Got it, got it, got it. And so I'm thinking, I like that drill. No, it's. It's so upsetting because you're like, we've practiced five times, guys, and we're about to get beat because you guys are tickling each other. Like, let's practice our layups.

[Lunchbox]

Are they tickling each other? Because they're going to tickle the other team during the game?

[Eddie]

No, they're just messing with each other.

[Lunchbox]

Do you ever see the play where the player gets down on all fours, starts barking like a dog? It's an inbound.

[Amy]

No.

[Lunchbox]

Pretty funny. It's happened for 15 years. So I can. A pass from out of bounds underneath the goal, Right?

[Amy]

Okay.

[Lunchbox]

And so let's say the red team. The red team's throwing the ball in underneath their own goal, and another member of the red team jumps down on all fours and goes. Starts barking. And then somebody in the blue team looks like, what the heck? And then right when they're looking down, the person goes under the goal and shoots. The layup.

[Amy]

I've never seen about this.

[Eddie]

I've seen it on TikTok.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, it's old, but it worked. But it always makes me laugh. It's a good one.

[Amy]

That seems like a foul.

[Eddie]

No? What? No, it's called a diversion.

[Amy]

Like, it seems not fair. I get you're creating a diversion, but, like, that's a little ridiculous. Like, you shouldn't be able to get down on all fours in the game and, like, make noises. It'd be. It's like. That's equivalent to a travel.

[Lunchbox]

Yes.

[Amy]

I'm saying I think it should be. I think it's.

[Lunchbox]

What's your stance on tickling?

[Eddie]

Tickling.

[Doug]

What about that?

[Amy]

Tickling is also a foul. Y' all don't. I think that's weird. Then why didn't. Why don't they do that more?

[Lunchbox]

Well, because if you know it's coming, you're not gonna look down. And also, you lose a player and they're on all fours, and if it.

[Eddie]

Doesn'T work, it looks silly.

[Amy]

Yeah, yeah. I feel like that's a little ridiculous.

[Lunchbox]

It is ridiculous. But it works sometimes. Especially with. So you're telling me lower aged kids.

[Amy]

Lower aged kids might do it, but also, does it work in the high school or college?

[Lunchbox]

I've not seen a high school or college team do the barking dog.

[Amy]

Okay, so this is like little kids.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, I would say up to age 12.

[Amy]

Yeah. It just seems a little.

[Doug]

I would like to see it tried in older, though. Like, as high school. That'd be great.

[Amy]

At a game the other day, these refs were making some really bad calls. Like, it was crazy.

[Eddie]

Oh, gosh. No, no, no, no.

[Doug]

Oh, my God.

[Amy]

I do know.

[Lunchbox]

You only know because people of your, like, mind. No, no.

[Amy]

Everybody. Both teams were like, what the heck is going on? Like, even the coach of the other team got a bad call. And, like, he was angry about it. And he was like, ah, yeah, well, whatever. We'll take it. Y' all have gotten some real bad ones, too. Like, I was sitting right by him so I could hear him, the coach of the other team, and he was like, I guess, yeah, what goes around comes around. Because they. He knew that our team had gotten some really shady calls, so he had to accept it when it was happening.

[Doug]

Shady.

[Lunchbox]

So there was intent.

[Amy]

Not shady. I guess that's the wrong word because I don't know that there was intent. The ref seemed nice enough. They just seemed a little.

[Lunchbox]

Old.

[Amy]

No, they were confused, maybe, like.

[Lunchbox]

Like they thought they were coming to a soccer game.

[Amy]

I don't know.

[Lunchbox]

And they're like, huh, I guess we're doing basketball today, Chuck.

[Amy]

Yeah. So I was just going to say I thought that that was interesting that the coach of the other team, even he started, like, fighting, and he's like, you know what? You all got some bad ones, too. So I'll just take it.

[Eddie]

Parents are so embarrassing. Like, last night it was dead silent. Like, somebody was shooting a free throw, and. And like, a parent out of nowhere just goes, gotta call it better, ref. And the whole arena hears it. And then y' all like, who said that? And they all. You know, we all know who said it. It's just like, why. Why say that? The ref knows, like, and they don't care what you think.

[Lunchbox]

The ref knows what they know if.

[Eddie]

It was a good call or a bad call. Like, they know.

[Lunchbox]

And what if they know it was a good call, but everybody else didn't see it? Like, they did. And everybody else is saying it was a bad call. They don't care. But I know. That's my point. It wasn't a bad call.

[Amy]

Okay, let me give you an example.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, God, here we go.

[Amy]

What? I can't give you an example. You know how when you have the ball like you were talking about, the team has the ball underneath their goal, and they're gonna throw it in? Well, they have five seconds, right? Yeah, there's. Okay, so the ref is like, 1, 2, 3. And so it got to, like, 3. It was not 5. Nowhere near 5. And he's like. Blows the whistle. He's like, five seconds.

[Lunchbox]

So you're watching that close.

[Amy]

Everybody knew. There's no way it was five seconds.

[Eddie]

Because they do the hands, right?

[Amy]

They do five.

[Eddie]

They do this.

[Amy]

But, like, he couldn't.

[Lunchbox]

But there also could have been one. They. He didn't do the hand on.

[Amy]

Ah, no, no, no, no. Even the other team was like, no, no, no. My thing is, this is not about whose team it was. It doesn't matter. It wasn't five seconds. So what I was curious about is can the ref be like, okay, redo. You're right. That was four seconds.

[Lunchbox]

You commit to the mess up.

[Amy]

Okay, well, that's what he did.

[Lunchbox]

He committed. And you pay it back. Kind of.

[Eddie]

Sure. On another play.

[Doug]

Yeah. You made up another call.

[Lunchbox]

It's a makeup call.

[Amy]

That's why there were so many bad calls, because you kept having to make up.

[Lunchbox]

It was all makeup calls, back and forth, one after the other.

[Amy]

Yeah, well, that's what I was curious about more so not telling y' all what happened.

[Eddie]

But.

[Amy]

But. But can. Can the ref be like, oh, dang, that really wasn't five seconds. I got a little happy. They did, you know, like, trigger happy. Like, you just call it ahead of time, and then you're like, yeah, see?

[Lunchbox]

Cause refs are human and they mess up.

[Amy]

Totally. I get that. But why can't. I mean, the play. Nothing had happened because the whistle got blown. So be like, let's just do this over.

[Lunchbox]

If refs start admitting that they did something wrong, they'll always be challenged every call to admit they did something wrong. So what they're gonna do is possibly make it up at another close call later. But I would just say because you think you saw something, not you specifically.

[Amy]

I know.

[Lunchbox]

Doesn't mean that's what really happened.

[Eddie]

Yeah, this case, everybody saw this kid yesterday too. This kid, he committed a foul and then he was so mad he did the review sign.

[Lunchbox]

And the ref's like, we don't review. There's no review system in sixth grade.

[Doug]

Hey, people are watching too much nb, dude. Every they throw the finger up.

[Lunchbox]

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[Bowen Yang]

I'm Bowen Yang.

[Matt Rogers]

And I'm Matt Rogers.

[Bowen Yang]

During this season of the Two Five Rings podcast, in the lead up to the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games, we've been joined by some of our friends.

[Doug]

Hi, Bon. Hi, Matt.

[Matt Rogers]

Hey, Elmo.

[Amy]

Hey, Matt.

[Doug]

Hey, Bowen.

[Amy]

Hi, Cookie.

[Eddie]

Hi.

[Matt Rogers]

Now the Winter Olympic Games are underway and we are in Italy to give you experiences from our hearts to your ears. Listen to Two Guys Five Rings on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Ben Higgins]

What do you do when the headlines don't explain what's happening inside of you? I'm Ben Higgins, and if you can hear me is where culture meets the soul. A place for real conversation. Each episode, I sit down with people from all walks of celebrities, thinkers and everyday folks, and we go deeper than the polished story. We talk about what drives us, what shapes us, and what gives us hope. We get honest about the big stuff. Identity when you don't recognize yourself anymore. Loss that changes you Purpose when success isn't enough. Peace when your mind won't slow down. Faith when it's complicated. Some guests have answers. Most are still figuring it out. If you've ever felt like there has to be more to the story, this show is for you. Listen to if you can hear me on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get Your podcasts.

[Lunchbox]

All right, tell me something good. Lunchbox.

[Doug]

Yeah, I'm gonna say my kids, I'm proud of them because they are like their mother and they get things done in advance. Last night they got home from school, they sat down at the table and they fell down to their Valentine's. So we're not going to be up the night before at 10pm trying to scribble down names on little cards. So they're all done and I'm just like, huh, that's so weird. Doing something in advance seems like a smart tactic.

[Lunchbox]

So that's not something they acquired from you?

[Doug]

No, I am a procrastinator. I like to do everything last minute. I would stay up. Like, if I had a project, do like a science project, I would start it at like 8 o' clock the night before it was due and stay up till three in the morning trying to finish it. So, no, they do not get that from me. And so I was just like, this is crazy. Like, why are we doing this so early in the week?

[Lunchbox]

Where do you fall in the procrastinator?

[Amy]

With age? I've gotten better because I have the awareness. Typically, I very much. I thrive in that, though. But that's part of my. I know y' all are gonna be like, okay, here's the adhd. But it's literally a thing. I thrive in it. Well, I don't know if that's why you're doing it, but that's when I am my best.

[Lunchbox]

But I think that's what people say.

[Amy]

No, really, it's like people who go.

[Lunchbox]

I'm not a good practice player, but I perform under the lights.

[Amy]

I'm able to really focus and hone in. That's when I'm able to dial in and hyper focus on something where other people had the ability to do it at a different time. Like, I couldn't do it unless I was under the pressure, under the gun, and I had to get something done. So with wisdom, though, I do it now. I try to get ahead and have other techniques that help me try to focus or other methods. So, like, oh, I'll do a little bit now. Take a break. Do a little bit now.

[Lunchbox]

Don't you think that's better? And that. What if you'd have used that forever?

[Amy]

It is better. But I didn't have that knowledge. Like, I was just doing what came naturally to me.

[Lunchbox]

Which I think is my point, though. If you'd have had the knowledge, you would have actually performed better. It wasn't how you were doing it. Was your best. You just didn't understand what would have been better for you.

[Amy]

Yeah. I still think I perform.

[Lunchbox]

Don't fall in that trap.

[Amy]

I'm not falling in a trap.

[Lunchbox]

I just don't be an under the lights player.

[Amy]

I'm not under the lights. I just know this about me. Like, it's okay to have that awareness.

[Doug]

Yeah. When that deadline's approaching, you felt like you did so much better. And that's telling me.

[Amy]

I know it's when I was able to give.

[Lunchbox]

Hey, you know, when you're on your side, you're starting.

[Amy]

Where I'm coming from is it's when I'm actually able to give it the attention that I need to give it, like, without distraction. Cause I don't have it choice. It's not because I'm like, oh, I want to put this off forever. Just so I can just do it last minute and turn it in. It's like, I guess I would meet.

[Lunchbox]

You where you do have a choice, and you're assigning not having a choice.

[Amy]

I think with my more mature brain and awareness of how I perform, I have figured out ways to do it.

[Lunchbox]

So you're saying you always had a choice?

[Amy]

I don't know that I had a choice because nobody taught me. And I wasn't medicated and I'm not medicated now. That's why I have to have certain tools and things that help me and I'm not perfect at it. I'll still put some stuff off. Even if it's.

[Lunchbox]

Even if you just did the house a quarter of it and saved 3/4 of it for last minute, it would be. I know, but the quality of it would mature so much. Just generally speaking, I think that it's.

[Doug]

Hard for some of us to do that stopping. Right.

[Eddie]

Right.

[Lunchbox]

Amy, you know what happens when he. When all of a sudden you're in the Easter basket with him?

[Eddie]

You don't want to be there. Amy.

[Doug]

No, no, it's okay. Like, that's just how we were. I mean, that's. Amy, you say you've changed. I still haven't changed.

[Amy]

Do you want to be in my basket?

[Doug]

No, no. But I'm saying I was a procrastinator, and I still am. And you're saying you've changed. I haven't.

[Amy]

I'm saying I work towards operating differently.

[Lunchbox]

Up until age 18, where were you on the procrastination meter? 10 being full procrastination. 10.

[Amy]

I'm how I got through college.

[Doug]

You 10?

[Eddie]

You same 10. Yeah, dude, but. But mine I've changed now. And mine was a stress related. Like I was so stressed out when I was younger all the time because of procrastination. And now I'm like, why stress myself out? Like just get it done early and then we have to worry about it. So now I get everything done early and then I just chill.

[Amy]

See, I don't know that mine is the same as theirs.

[Lunchbox]

It doesn't have to be.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Lunchbox]

You and Lunchbox are two different kinds.

[Eddie]

Of animals, but the same basket.

[Lunchbox]

No, no, they're the same animal and it's.

[Amy]

Yeah. Not the same animal.

[Lunchbox]

I'm probably like a 2 always. Yeah, pretty much.

[Doug]

That's crazy.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Lunchbox]

Especially if it's something of value. Because I understand. Even if I do a bit of it. The hardest part about doing anything that you don't want to do is just getting started. If that's a workout, if that's having to start your work day, if that's reading something you don't want to read, it's just getting started. And if you get started, you tend to go a little longer than you think you would. Because the hardest thing is committing the time to start. And I would find I could do a quarter, half of it when I hated doing it weeks ahead. And if I did nothing else until the night before, I already had half of it done and an understanding of what else I needed to do. So at worst that would be the case.

[Amy]

Yeah. No, and that's great. You were able to do that. Like, I think that's awesome.

[Eddie]

You weren't taught that, right?

[Lunchbox]

How was I taught any.

[Eddie]

I'm saying, like we weren't taught that.

[Amy]

Well. No, I don't think. I think what I needed was someone to recognize. Okay, this is what you have going on. So these are the tools. Like mirroring is really helpful for me. Like if I'm working on something, I want to get it done. I have someone next to me, like a friend or a partner or somebody doing the exact same thing as me and I will get more done. I'm able to focus and even hyper focus on something when I have what is called mirroring, which is an ADHD tool that you can use. Body doubling is another way that people refer to it. And so these are tools I guess I wish I would have learned in junior high and high school so that I could have better equipped myself in college. You didn't need mirroring or body doubling like you had. Your brain could do it.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, imagine I did this while kneading.

[Amy]

Yeah. I just think that like Just neurologically, we're different, and it's not good or.

[Lunchbox]

Bad, but I think thinking that it's good for you, you perform your best at the last minute. I feel like that's kind of a cop out what people say whenever they just wait till the last minute. Cause you're doing it now.

[Amy]

Doing what now?

[Lunchbox]

You've improved at that. And you realize that with wrong.

[Amy]

I'm improved at that because I don't know that it's. I don't know that it's wrong. I can't speak for everybody. Some people may still operate that way and do their best work.

[Doug]

Yeah, I think so. We gotta be at a basketball game in 20 minutes. We gotta be at a basketball game in 20.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah.

[Doug]

I am leaving my house 18 minutes, like, till.

[Amy]

I think.

[Doug]

I mean, I procrastinate, and I'm like, oh, we got to get everything together. We got to go, we got to go, we got to go. And it's just like, that's how I. I think I learned that from my parents, though, because, like, when we had events to go to, sporting events as kids, we were always running out the door at the last minute trying to get there.

[Eddie]

Same my dad. My dad would be like, you have homework? Don't worry about that. Worry about that.

[Lunchbox]

Say that. Oh, yeah, dang.

[Eddie]

Like, worry about that later.

[Lunchbox]

It'd be cool if I had a dad that said that.

[Doug]

Oh, man, I get what you're saying.

[Lunchbox]

Did everybody do theirs lunchbox? You do yours?

[Doug]

Yeah. This is how we got on the procrastination.

[Lunchbox]

Oh. Cause you waited till the last minute, did something early. All right. There you go. Good job, everybody. Glad you could bring the good news. That's what it's all about. That was. Tell me something good. It's time for the good news with Amy.

[Matt Rogers]

Tell me something good.

[Amy]

Okay. We got a shout out to staff members at Lifeline Animal Project in Atlanta because they stayed overnight at their shelters during recent winter storms to keep the animals safe and comforted so they didn't have to be alone. And they've had an influx of animals being dropped off the last couple of months, so there are so many pets, and not one of them had to be left alone during this time.

[Lunchbox]

I can't wait to tell you guys about me getting a generator. Oh, not yet. But this reminds me. I'm sure they had a generator in the animals. That's those storms.

[Amy]

Yeah, hopefully. I mean, they were. The thing is that they stayed awake from, like, their own homes to be with the pets. Yeah, I saw some Nurses were saying they didn't even want to go into the hospitals they worked at. That's for humans.

[Lunchbox]

They were staying with their animals. That's good. Yeah, Yeah. I would think places like that have a generator.

[Eddie]

Yeah. Hopefully.

[Lunchbox]

And then my. Tell me something good soon, hopefully in the next couple of weeks is going to be. We have a generator now because we ordered one and we're just waiting for it to come in. So there you go. That's what it's all about. That was. Tell me something good. It's time for the good news with lunchbox.

[Matt Rogers]

Tell me something good.

[Doug]

Last week, Doug is on his trash route in Connecticut when he sees a mom pulled over on the side of the road and she looks like she's in distress. He's like, what? She can't get the garbage can out? Let me pull over and help her. He's like, ma', am, is something wrong? She's like, my 18 month old is choking. My 18 month old is choking. Doug jumps out of the truck, starts ba ba. Hitting the baby on the back. Ba ba radios. Hey, we got a choking baby here. Ba ba ba. Dislodges whatever's in his throat. Baby's a. Okay.

[Lunchbox]

Was the baba. Was that the official way to do it or was he just, like, reacting?

[Doug]

No, no, no. He had medical training.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Doug]

From back in the day. He knew how to do that, like, with the baby. Boom, boom.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, now it's changed. It was bad.

[Doug]

Was it really? That's a bad.

[Eddie]

That was the first one.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah.

[Doug]

And now it turned into boom boom.

[Lunchbox]

That one feels more official. Boom boom nas.

[Doug]

Ba ba. Yeah. I don't know, but he. He had medical training technician from, you know, earlier in his career, and he remembered it and he just got out. Bad. Yeah.

[Lunchbox]

Saved a baby.

[Doug]

Yeah. He's a bad man.

[Lunchbox]

That's a great story. There you go. That's what it's all about. That was. Tell me something good.

[Amy]

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