# 124 - Feeling blah? You’re Living on Autopilot — 7 Ways to Wake Up and Enjoy Your Life! Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/create-today-with-beth-buffington-6737462/124-feeling-blah-you-re-living-on-autopilot-7-ways-to-wake-up-and-enjoy-your-life Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/create-today-with-beth-buffington-6737462/124-feeling-blah-you-re-living-on-autopilot-7-ways-to-wake-up-and-enjoy-your-life.md Podcast: [Create-Today with Beth Buffington](https://stenobird.com/podcast/create-today-with-beth-buffington-6737462) Published: 2026-04-30T10:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.bdi-create.today/podcasts/create-today-with-beth-buffington/episodes/2149200757 Audio file: https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149200757.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/create-today-with-beth-buffington-6737462/episodes/124-feeling-blah-you-re-living-on-autopilot-7-ways-to-wake-up-and-enjoy-your-life Duration seconds: 2070 ## Resource Feeling blah? You’re Living on Autopilot — 7 Ways to Wake Up and Enjoy Your Life! Have you ever driven to the same place daily or even weekly and when you get to where you're going... you barely remember “seeing” anything during your drive? 🚗 That's autopilot — and many of us are living a LOT of our moments and even day(s)–lost in auto pilot. It's happening so much more than we realize, and it robs us of our happiness. In this episode of Create Today with Beth Buffington, you’ll discover how to wake up and enjoy life! We will explore the second powerful word in my Going FourWords framework: REALIZE . This episode will gently wake you up so you can REALIZE the beauty, joy, and everyday blessings that autopilot has been quietly filtering out of your life. Prepare to walk away with 7 simple, science-backed ways to start noticing the bliss in your life – again.  ✨In this episode, you'll discover: • What "autopilot" actually does to your brain — and why it's erasing your joy •  The two powerful layers of the REALIZE phase: turning awareness inward AND outward •  The brain science behind why we miss the good stuff (hello, negativity bias!) •  How to rewire your negativity bias (it can be done!) •  How creativity (a variety that is NOT making art) is one of your greatest wellness tools •  Why most people don't need a different life–they need a different way of SEEING the life they already have •  How dopamine and serotonin are triggered when you train your brain to realize beauty •  Beth's 7 simple, approachable practices to wake yourself up and realize the goodness around you — starting TODAY •  Why choosing joy isn't about ignoring hard things — it's about building resilience •  How the REALIZE… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/create-today-with-beth-buffington-6737462/episodes/124-feeling-blah-you-re-living-on-autopilot-7-ways-to-wake-up-and-enjoy-your-life/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/create-today-with-beth-buffington-6737462/124-feeling-blah-you-re-living-on-autopilot-7-ways-to-wake-up-and-enjoy-your-life.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.