In today's episode, we thought that we would have a talk about what happens. When you have a setback with your driving confidence. Yeah, and it comes up quite often. We're hearing. The people might well have passed their test. And they've been driving around. Okay. And then something happens. Yeah. It could be they've stalled at a junction. Yeah. Get beeped. Yeah. Or maybe they've heard a knock bum per scrape. Or found themselves in the wrong lane or there's, there's so many different things that could come under this category of setbacks aren't lab. Yeah. It's now about how do you now get back on track? Yeah, and let's face it. when you learn something new, it's very rare that you, you are just off and running and it's a lovely, smooth trajectory with everything going as you hope it will. Life is full of. Ups and downs and things happen and don't know. And it's called life. Yes. It's called life. And it happens to everybody. Yeah, I think that was a really important element of this is acknowledging that these things happen to experience drivers as well. But I think the difference is with an experienced driver, perhaps they've experienced more of these setbacks. So maybe they've got in the wrong lane more often, maybe they've stalled more often, like. I've often said I'm an expert Staller. So to me, that's not a setback. That's just something that I've done so many times now. I don't even give it a second thought is no longer a setback. No, because you've, you've learnt, I suppose, to. Recognize the fact that the car has stalled. And it's like, this is what I do know. Yeah. I know how to recover people barely notice. But then if somebody does notice if somebody beeps and they're impatient, I'm not really that bothered. For someone else, it might be the end of the world though. Exactly. Yeah. So for me, it's no longer a setback, but for somebody else. Maybe it will be a setback. And like we say, there's so many different things that could fall into this category. So we're think. The first point was these things happen to experience drivers too. And maybe the second thing is. Be kind to yourself. If something happens in your driving And it shakes your confidence. If you feel that it's a bit of a setback, it's given you a wobble, then. Start off by being kind to yourself. These things happen to everyone. Yeah. And if you can, I suppose it's almost like accepted. accept that that happened. And we move on. Yes. You know, that is part of it. Isn't it? You. It's a, it's a minor blip. And this is what's happens from now on. Yeah, that's it. And. It may feel that it's maybe been a case of two steps forward. One step back. But that's okay. It doesn't set you right back to being a learner driver on your first lesson again, you'll never be back there. You've gone too far. Past that point. Haven't you. From being in the learner. You are. A full license holder. Which means you've got driving skills. Yeah. And so even if you do feel that you've taken a step backwards, It's been a setback. You're not right back at the beginning. So it's getting it into perspective. Isn't it. You've been in this place before and you can move forward from it. Yeah. You have experiences. But most people I say most people pass a test. I think that's it. And off they go and they drive. Without any issues for a period of time. But these things do happen, like we've said, and now it's like use those past experiences to help you move forward. Yeah. You're now a more experienced driver with whatever it is that happened. Thank you for listening. Find out about the different ways that you can work with us on our website, www.confidentdrivers.co.uk, and begin to transform the way you feel about driving.