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!
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- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 7 minutes
- Episodes
- 1580
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
1386 || on cooperation
Cooperation is good for the goose and good for the gander, but it's built on trust. Our current society does a lot of work to convince us that we can't trust each other - and that is to our detriment…
1385 || tit for tat (the winning strategy)
In multi-cycle versions of the prisoner's dilemma, the most successful winning strategy was tit for tat (and later, tit for two tats) because it was:
Nice, (didn't defect first)
Retaliatory, (so they …
1384 || the prisoner's dilemma
Believe it or not, in the official studying of strategy within game theory, cooperative strategies fared the best, even amongst those selfish motivations. Let's talk about the prisoner's dilemma and …
1383 || the twilight zone finale
Today we discuss the Twilight Zone, its controversy, and a few of its more profound (and controversial) episodes.
If you like this stuff let me know by emailing [email protected]!
If you don't li…
1382 || rod serling + censorship (part II)
Today we’re talking about Rod Serling’s dealings with censorship and how he turned his frustrations into something profound and timeless.
“The writer's role is to menace the public's conscience. He mu…
1381 || the twilight zone - rod serling || part I
Today we explore who Rod Serling was before he created The Twilight Zone (which became a brilliant example of resilience, social commentary, and rebellion).
The Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki…
1380 || "feeling like a punching bag" part II
"...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 simultaneou…
1379 || on "feeling like a punching bag" - by kelly hayes
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 KE…
1378 || reclaiming agency || patreon
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 ha…
1378 || reclaiming agency
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 h…
1377 || hopepunk isn't utopia
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:…
1376 || hopepunk
"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 …
1375 || burnout refresh
Stage 1 – Honeymoon
Initial commitment and excitement to engage in tasks. For example, when you first start your journey in a new activism group.
Stage 2 – Onset of stress
Common symptoms of stress star…
1374 || what is a "wicked problem" + how do we solve them!?
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 ba…
1373 || expressive vs. instrumental resistance
“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…
1372 || essential self care
“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…
1371 || what can I do to fight the coup?
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 …
1370 || specific action suggestions to stop authoritarianism
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 a…
1369 || pathways to stop authoritarianism
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 authoritaria…
1368 || some simple ways to opt out
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 singl…