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Make Your Damn Bed

@MYDBpodcast is a bite sized, real talk, daily motivation podcast to play while you make your bed every morning. Build momentum - better your life.Each episode is around 10 minutes and intended to encourage, motivate, and inspire you to get out of bed - so you can start making it! Julie Merica and Make Your Damn Bed Podcast is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.All content, including text, graphics, images and information, is for

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8:27

1380 || "feeling like a punching bag" part II

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2025/03/04

"...the most important move a frozen person can make is whatever breaks the cycle. When so many people are isolated, community-affirming events are vital. When everything feels like it is simultaneously too much, and not enough, we must recognize the importance of beginning. As Mariame Kaba reminds us, we must strive to reduce the distance between our actions and our values. Whatever brings us closer to other people, whatever allows us to act, rather than simply react, is worthwhile." - Kelly

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10:41

1379 || on "feeling like a punching bag" - by kelly...

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2025/03/03

Most of us feel disconnected and unsure of where to begin. That's by design. We must be willing to redesign our reactions so we can reclaim a bit of agency we've been stripped of. THE BLOG POST BY KELLY HAYES: https://organizingmythoughts.org/how-to-be-a-fighter-when-you-feel-like-a-punching-bag/Donate to Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund::www.pcrf.netDonate to Mutual Aid Funds: https://www.folxhealth.com/library/mutual-aid-fundsGET AN OCCASIONAL PERSONAL EMAIL FROM ME:

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7:56

1378 || reclaiming agency || patreon

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2025/03/02

What sources remind you most of your own innate power? What saps you of it?What helps you feel the most "free to act" and how can you curate more of that feeling?How can you lessen the gap between having an idea and acting on it?The "Group Hug" Substack by Elise Granata: https://grouphug.substack.com/p/becoming-a-high-agency-person?r=iw9zm&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true&ref=organizingmythoughts.orgDonate to Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund::www.pcrf.netDonate to Mutual Aid

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7:56

1378 || reclaiming agency

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2025/03/02

What sources remind you most of your own innate power? What saps you of it? What helps you feel the most "free to act" and how can you curate more of that feeling?How can you lessen the gap between having an idea and acting on it?The "Group Hug" Substack by Elise Granata: https://grouphug.substack.com/p/becoming-a-high-agency-person?r=iw9zm&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true&ref=organizingmythoughts.orgDonate to Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund::www.pcrf.netDonate to Mutual Aid

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11:12

1377 || hopepunk isn't utopia

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2025/03/01

Hopepunk is a much needed reaction to decades of dystopian and nihilistic fiction. It explores how goodness, joy, optimism, and collective action can be acts of rebellion. Alexandra Rowland's Tumblr: https://ariaste.tumblr.com/post/163500138919/ariaste-the-opposite-of-grimdark-is-hopepunkSam's Monologue to Frodo: https://mountebank.org/sams-speech/A Blogpost on Hopepunk: https://www.centreforoptimism.com/blog/hopepunkDonate to Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund::www.pcrf.netDonate to Mutual Aid

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11:29

1376 || hopepunk

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2025/02/28

"We want the world to be better—kinder, more just, more merciful. We still yearn toward noblebright, toward an honest and desperate belief that love conquers all. Except, when the other guy has more guns and fewer moral objections than we do, it doesn’t.We forget, sometimes, that we have knives too in this empire. That we can unsheathe them, that we can turn our blades to the defense of an atom of justice and a molecule of mercy that might not even exist—except . . . except for where we make them

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8:51

1375 || burnout refresh

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2025/02/27

Stage 1 – HoneymoonInitial commitment and excitement to engage in tasks. For example, when you first start your journey in a new activism group.Stage 2 – Onset of stressCommon symptoms of stress start being felt, such as fatigue, lower productivity and sleep disturbances.Stage 3 – Chronic StressLack of motivation + more intense symptoms felt on a very frequent basis. At this stage, bad habits such as smoking, drinking etc may beginStage 4 – BurnoutDifficulty even to cope with the minimum of daily

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8:58

1374 || what is a "wicked problem" + how do we solve...

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2025/02/26

Horst and Webber's examples of wicked problems: There is no definitive formulation of a wicked problem.Wicked problems are often ongoing.Solutions to wicked problems are not true or false, good or bad.There is no immediate and no ultimate test of a solution to a wicked problem.All attempts to find solutions have effects that may not be reversable.Wicked problems do not have a set of solutions.Every wicked problem is essentially unique.Every wicked problem can be considered to be a symptom of another

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9:30

1373 || expressive vs. instrumental resistance

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2025/02/25

“I had to examine, in my dreams as well as in my immune-function tests, the devastating effects of overextension. Overextending myself is not stretching myself. I had to accept how difficult it is to monitor the difference. Necessary for me as cutting down on sugar. Crucial. Physically. Psychically. Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” - Audre Lord"The best actions are both expressive and instrumental, but it is more important

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9:07

1372 || essential self care

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2025/02/24

“I had to examine, in my dreams as well as in my immune-function tests, the devastating effects of overextension. Overextending myself is not stretching myself. I had to accept how difficult it is to monitor the difference. Necessary for me as cutting down on sugar. Crucial. Physically. Psychically. Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” - Audre LordTODAY'S RESOURCES: The article:

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8:55

1371 || what can I do to fight the coup?

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2025/02/23

There are limitless ways people are showing up to resist the coup and protect democracy so today I want to share some more examples of ways we can personally show up as a part of the resistance. You can't do everything, but you can do something. Here's a lil compilation of somethings we can begin. RESOURCES: Choose Democracy "what can I do?": https://choosedemocracy.us/what-can-i-do/Compilation of current stories of Resistance:

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8:53

1370 || specific action suggestions to stop...

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2025/02/22

There are 4 pathways to resisting authoritarianism: 1. Protecting people. 2. Defending Civic Institutions, 3. Disrupting + Disobeying 4. Building alternatives.RESOURCES: The "Some actions to resist authoritarianism" Guide: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PnA86CvqKNo1le3TEczIBQftX6Pq1n7G5ROHxS_fj1E/edit?pli=1&tab=t.0Choose Democracy "what can I do?": https://choosedemocracy.us/what-can-i-do/Worth Fighting For: https://weareworthfightingfor.org/Tax Resistance: https://nwtrcc.org/ and:

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9:35

1369 || pathways to stop authoritarianism

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2025/02/21

There are 4 pathways to resisting authoritarianism: 1. Protecting people. 2. Defending Civic Institutions, 3. Disrupting + Disobeying 4. Building alternatives.The "Some actions to resist authoritarianism" Guide: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PnA86CvqKNo1le3TEczIBQftX6Pq1n7G5ROHxS_fj1E/edit?pli=1&tab=t.0Choose Democracy "what can I do?": https://choosedemocracy.us/what-can-i-do/Civil Servant's Serve the People Doc: https://drive.proton.me/urls/4W0PN5CZQG#u3PMOGzXgZjTNational Security Leaders

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8:07

1368 || some simple ways to opt out

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2025/02/20

Some ways to opt out: Cancel superfluous subscriptions, Shop at local grocers and small ethnic markets for groceries. Reduce meat + dairy consumption. Boycott fast fashion. Digital detox. Avoid single use plastics. Opt out of all data tracking. Refuse to participate in "grind culture". Avoid trendy diets. Don't engage with trolls or trash content. Support worker strikes + boycotts. Reject overachieving + perfectionism. Cancel Amazon Prime. Buy secondhand or borrow. Rely on the library first.SOURCES:

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11:38

1367 || opting out

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2025/02/19

Sometimes, the most powerful form of protest isn’t about what you do, it's about what you don'tdo. The simplest way to fight back against a system that thrives on your consumption is to simply... opt out of it as much as humanly possible. It’s going to be super inconvenient at first, but once you get the hang of it you’ll realize the perks: it’s better for the environment, better for your wallet, and a surprisingly powerful tool to weaponize in a capitalist society.And the best part? You don’t have

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8:59

1366 || dysregulation as resistance

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2025/02/18

@pat.radical.therapist asks: "What if dysregulation is a form of resistance?" and "What if liberation isn't in the perfect regulation of our nervous systems but in the deep, embodied permission to exist as we are - in movement, in mess, in rage, in laughter, in all the things that were never meant to be tamed?" - PatriciaTrying to regulate our dysregulation the time, instead of really listening to it, can be counterintuitive.Maybe it's time we stop trying to ground ourselves in unstable soil. Maybe

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8:26

1365 || resistance motivation

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2025/02/17

You haven't heard about any major acts of resistance because they don't want you to think it's happening, but just because you can't see the helpers, doesn't meant they're not there. Look for them, and if you can't find any? Become one.

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7:32

1364 || CIA guide to simple sabotage

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2025/02/16

“Insist on doing everything through ‘channels.’ Never permit short-cuts to be taken in order to expedite decisions.”“Make ‘speeches.’ Talk as frequently as possible and at great length. Illustrate your ‘points’ by long anecdotes and accounts of personal experiences. Never hesitate to make a few appropriate ‘patriotic’ comments.”“Bring up irrelevant issues as frequently as possible.”“Haggle over precise wordings of communications, minutes, resolutions.”“‘Misunderstand’ orders. Ask endless questions

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8:30

1363 || play: learning what comes naturally

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2025/02/15

The 3 elements to a full and productive life are love, work, and play. Self initiated play nourishes our imaginations and our creativity, and they are like a muscle you must build through practice. David Elkin's writing for Museum of Play: https://www.museumofplay.org/app/uploads/2022/01/1-1-article-elkind-the-power-of-play.pdfDonate to Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund::www.pcrf.netDonate to Mutual Aid Funds: https://www.folxhealth.com/library/mutual-aid-fundsGET AN OCCASIONAL PERSONAL EMAIL FROM

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7:50

1362 || a moving rant

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2025/02/14

Earlier this week I talked about the lessons I learned from moving, today I want to talk about how full of shit I was.Donate to Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund::www.pcrf.netDonate to Mutual Aid Funds: https://www.folxhealth.com/library/mutual-aid-fundsGET AN OCCASIONAL PERSONAL EMAIL FROM ME: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.comTUNE IN ON INSTAGRAM FOR COOL CONTENT: www.instagram.com/mydbpodcastOR BE A REAL GEM + TUNE IN ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/MYDBpodcastOR WATCH ON YOUTUBE:

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