Traffic Talks

This week Pyro tells you how she celebrated Heritage Day this year.

Song of the week: Sister Bethina By Mgarimbe 

Helpful links:

• Last Week's Episode - Money Blessings - TTEP184 (38-24)
• Song Of The Week Playlist

My Instagram link: https://www.instagram.com/pyros_traffic_talks

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Intro music: Hip Hop (Just In My Style) 

Background music: Where the Light is 

Outro music: Shell

Disclaimer: Not sponsored. No affiliate links are used, this is just my personal faves. All opinions expressed are my own. 

Tags: public holiday, heritage day, day out, movie, outing,

Today Pyro discusses how money can be a blessing or a curse and how to make it work for you no matter your current financial status.

Chapters:

00:00 - 01:07 - Intro

01:08 - 04:17 - Making money as I have grown up

04:18 - 05:05 - Money VS Time

05:06 - 05:55 - Timeline of the economy

05:56 - 08:42 - Saving and Investments

08:43 - 10:48 - Blessing or Curse

10:49 - 12:43 - Only you can fix your finances

12:44 - 13:58 - Budget Options

13:59 - 15:52 - Job Decisions

15:53 - 17:13 - song of the week 

17:14 - End - Outtro

Song of the week: Money Moves By Jayms, Sickluv, Henru, Loufi 

Helpful links:

• Last Week's Episode - Q3 Recap And Q4 Goals 2024 - TTEP183 (37-24)
• Song Of The Week Playlist

My Instagram link: https://www.instagram.com/pyros_traffic_talks

LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/PyrosParadiseTT

Intro music: Hip Hop (Just In My Style) 

Background music: Where the Light is 

Outro music: Shell

Disclaimer: Not sponsored. No affiliate links are used, this is just my personal faves. All opinions expressed are my own. 

Tags: Money, finances, unemployment, no job, spending, intentional, storytime, hard work, making money, odd jobs, profit, time, saving, money saved, nest egg, living off savings, investing, dividends, interest, inflation, awareness of finances, advice, loans, debt, payday loans, budgets, budget, financial plan,

This week Pyro recaps her Q3 goals, how it did not work out, and what she has planned for Q4.

Chapters:

00:00 - 02:09 - Intro

02:10 - 04:50 - Q3 Recap

04:51 - 06:45 - being sick and changing plans

06:50 - 17:09 - Q4 goals and timeline

17:10 - end - song of the week and ending

Song of the week: Flashdance…What A Feeling By Irene Cara

Helpful links:

• Last Week's Episode - Level Up - TTEP182 (36-24)
• Song Of The Week Playlist
• Surviving Life - TTEP177 (31-24)
• Q1 Recap and Q2 Goal - TTEP160 (14-24)
• Q2 Recap And Q3 Goals 2024 - TTEP172 (26-24)

My Instagram link: https://www.instagram.com/pyros_traffic_talks

LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/PyrosParadiseTT

Intro music: Hip Hop (Just In My Style) 

Background music: Where the Light is 

Outro music: Shell

Disclaimer: Not sponsored. No affiliate links are used, this is just my personal faves. All opinions expressed are my own. 

Tags: Goal, goals, goal setting, setting goals, Q3, Q3 goals, quarter 3, 12-week year, flexible, changing plans, adapting, being sick, recovering, Q4, quarter 4, Q4 goals,

This week, we follow up last week's episode by taking our normal routine to the next level and prep for spring with a few simple changes.

Song of the week: Level Up By Ciara

Helpful links:

• Last Week's Episode - Gather Yourself - TTEP181 (35-24)
• Song Of The Week Playlist
• Surviving Life - TTEP177 (31-24)

My Instagram link: https://www.instagram.com/pyros_traffic_talks

LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/PyrosParadiseTT

Intro music: Hip Hop (Just In My Style) 

Background music: Where the Light is 

Outro music: Shell

Disclaimer: Not sponsored. No affiliate links are used, this is just my personal faves. All opinions expressed are my own. 

Tags: advice, survival mode, surviving, barely surviving, era, just getting by, stress, stressed out, stressing, major life events, difficult circumstances, hard time, relief, processing, processing emotions, health, effects on health, phases of life, stages of life, chatting, ramble, trying, habits, routine, life lessons, health, moving your body, exercise, healthy meals, takeaways, healthy food, mental health, journaling, personal growth, 

This week Pyro talks to you about what to do after going through a period of your life in survival mode and gives some good tips on how to get back to normal.

Song of the week: Hush Hush; Hush Hush/I Will Survive Medley By The Pussycat Dolls

Helpful links:

• Last Week's Episode - Back To 21 - TTEP180 (34-24)
• Song Of The Week Playlist
• Surviving Life - TTEP177 (31-24)

My Instagram link: https://www.instagram.com/pyros_traffic_talks

LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/PyrosParadiseTT

Intro music: Hip Hop (Just In My Style) 

Background music: Where the Light is 

Outro music: Shell

Disclaimer: Not sponsored. No affiliate links are used, this is just my personal faves. All opinions expressed are my own. 

Tags: going through it, advice, survival mode, surviving, barely surviving, era, just getting by, stress, stressed out, stressing, major life events, difficult circumstances, hard time, relief, processing, processing emotions, health, effects on health, phases of life, stages of life, chatting, ramble, trying, habits, routine, life lessons, health, moving your body, exercise, healthy meals, takeaways, healthy food, mental health, journaling, personal growth,

This week Pyro gives life lessons since having a 21st birthday in the family and reflects on her lessons learnt so far.

Song of the week: Lose Yourself By Eminem

Helpful links:

• Last Week's Episode - Proud Of Progress - TTEP179 (33-24)
• Song Of The Week Playlist

My Instagram link: https://www.instagram.com/pyros_traffic_talks

LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/PyrosParadiseTT

Intro music: Hip Hop (Just In My Style) 

Background music: Where the Light is 

Outro music: Shell

Disclaimer: Not sponsored. No affiliate links are used, this is just my personal faves. All opinions expressed are my own. 

Tags: chatting, ramble, choosing yourself, pursuing passions, financial freedom, decision making, job, employment, unemployment, work, financial worries, money management, trying, giving it your best, putting in the work, making an effort, investing, habits, values, finding what you want, habits, routine, saying no, going back to a younger age, youth, looking back on life, birthday, reliving memories, life lessons, money lessons, savings, saving money, investing, living off of savings, emergency fund, sinking funds, health, moving your body, exercise, healthy meals, takeaways, healthy food, mental health, journaling, therapy, therapist, finding friends, personal growth, maturing, toxic friends, good friends, bad friends, finding your tribe, YouTube,

This week Pyro gets real about her life and "going all in" on content creation, celebrating the small wins, and being proud of every bit of progress she has made so far.

Song of the week: My Best By Saweetie 

Helpful links:

• Last Week's Episode - National Woman's Day 2024 - TTEP178 (32-24)
• Song Of The Week Playlist
• Episode that did well on Youtube: Laser Focus - TTEP176 (30-24)

My Instagram link: https://www.instagram.com/pyros_traffic_talks

LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/PyrosParadiseTT

Intro music: Hip Hop (Just In My Style) 

Background music: Where the Light is 

Outro music: Shell

Disclaimer: Not sponsored. No affiliate links are used, this is just my personal faves. All opinions expressed are my own. 

Tags: chatting, rant, soapbox, ramble, going all in, social media, content creation, choosing yourself, pursuing passions, financial freedom, decision making, job search, looking for a job, employment, unemployment, job applications, applying for work, financial worries, money management, trying, giving it your best, putting in the work, making an effort, investing, multiple streams of income, reflecting, reflection, habits, values, finding what you want, plan of action, gratitude, gratitude practice, mindset, mindset shift, sleeping habits, night routine, schedule, saying no, people pleasing, Instagram, TikTok, Youtube, confidence, doing my best, being proud, making progress, 

This week Pyro celebrates National Woman's Day in South Africa. She talks you through the event she attended and how this day has changed over the years.

Song of the week: I’m Every Woman By Chaka Khan

Helpful links:

• Last Week's Episode - Surviving Life - TTEP177 (31-24)
• Song Of The Week Playlist
• I’m Every Woman By Whitney Houston
• Chaka Khan Tiny Desk Performance
• Last year's Woman’s Day Episode

My Instagram link: https://www.instagram.com/pyros_traffic_talks

LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/PyrosParadiseTT

Intro music: Hip Hop (Just In My Style) 

Background music: Where the Light is 

Outro music: Shell

Disclaimer: Not sponsored. No affiliate links are used, this is just my personal faves. All opinions expressed are my own. 

Tags: chatting, storytime, talk, woman's day, outings, going out, music,

This week Pyro gets real with you about how hard things have been lately, how living on the bare minimum of your needs being met is simply surviving and how this can be rectified.

Song of the week: Survivor By Destiny’s Child 

Helpful links:

• Last Week's Episode - Laser Focus - TTEP176 (30-24)
• Song Of The Week Playlist

My Instagram link: https://www.instagram.com/pyros_traffic_talks

LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/PyrosParadiseTT

Intro music: Hip Hop (Just In My Style) 

Background music: Where the Light is 

Outro music: Shell

Disclaimer: Not sponsored. No affiliate links are used, this is just my personal faves. All opinions expressed are my own. 

Tags: survival mode, surviving, self-care,

This week Pyro speaks about an idea to make the most of her time but it turns out it was not the genius game changer she thought it would be.

Song of the week: Trust Fund Baby by Kyle Hume

Helpful links:

• Last Week's Episode - (Not) Rewarding Yourself - TTEP175 (29-24)
• Song Of The Week Playlist

My Instagram link: https://www.instagram.com/pyros_traffic_talks

LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/PyrosParadiseTT

Intro music: Hip Hop (Just In My Style) 

Background music: Where the Light is 

Outro music: Shell

Disclaimer: Not sponsored. No affiliate links are used, this is just my personal faves. All opinions expressed are my own. 

Tags: focus, work, Pomodoro, time-blocking, calendar-blocking,