"I thought, 'Oh my god this is personal.' That was like one of those gut check moments - is this worth it?
As with slot machines, our phones train us to crave the next exciting, momentary distraction, and get sucked into checking every moment we are bored.
"It's a gut-check moment for Republicans," Mr. Fehrnstrom said.
Then, after a gut-check moment — "What am I doing here?" — he decided to play full-time, traveling to New York, Chicago, Los Angeles.
Once again, congressional Republicans are facing a gut-check moment, forced to choose between supporting and defending the Constitution or Donald J. Trump.
For the Ford family, it was a gut-check moment — the kind that has led to splits in other famous business families, like the Bancrofts who owned Dow Jones until they sold it to the News Corporation of Rupert Murdoch.
called it a "gut check moment for our democracy.
Lopez-Cantera made clear he was still fully committed to running, even as he initiated a gut-check moment for both of them.
"It was a definite gut-check moment," said Adam. "I asked myself, 'Why did we do this?'" In an age when serious cyclists spend thousands on ultra-light carbon-fiber bikes that sport caliper brakes and as many as 27 derailleur-run gears, the Flying Pigeon has one gear and old-fashioned rod-operated brakes.
Expanding on that, he said, "I learned a lot about what I wanted through making the record, and really enjoyed the time making it, so the song is a self-check moment where I made myself remember that what I do makes me very happy, and to enjoy the moment instead of worrying about what could happen".
