Now that I have a clearer understanding of what's going on, it makes more sense for there to be so many "You can save X% on your car insurance" or "Safelite Repair, Safelite Replace" type jingles on the air.
>I had a theory that it was related to focus, meaning that focussing on the negative has a re-enforcing effect.
I am convinced that our focus creates our reality, which is why I am PISSED at myself for (especially recently) dwelling so much on the fact that my comms interpretations, re: timing, at least, are always, always, always wrong! I do NOT wish to exacerbate that phenomenon, although I suppose it can't get any worse than my zero batting average.