Eugene,
I think I benefited similarly from the trigger. Really cool to see how this exercise impacted you. I got a lot from it, too. I used the “cool” thinking today while walking my dog — he kept trying to go in different directions and I started getting angry. Then I took a second to search for the root of this anger and realized it was a belief I didn’t like: “I deserve to always be in control” (or something like that). Almost immediately my anger dissipated and we enjoyed the rest of our walk in the woods 🙂