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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 general information purposes only. This content is presented on an “as-is” basis.

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    1776 || the default setting doesn't show the full picture May 28, 2026
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    We all worship something, only when we become aware of what we worship can we recognize that the "default setting" isn't always the full picture. There are always alternatives, many of them better than the ones we thought we were stuck with.


    David Foster Wallace's commencement speech: https://fs.blog/david-foster-wallace-this-is-water/

    Get Jenny Odell's Books Here.

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    Additional Resources: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/digital-altruism/202505/what-if-weve-misunderstood-willpower-all-along


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    1775 || this is water May 27, 2026
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    We've talked about this speech before, but today I wanted to share the full thing, for context.


    We all worship something, only when we become aware of what we worship can we recognize that the "default setting" isn't always the full picture. There are always alternatives, many of them better than the ones we thought we were stuck with.


    David Foster Wallace's commencement speech: https://fs.blog/david-foster-wallace-this-is-water/

    Get Jenny Odell's Books Here.

    Buy Jenny Odell's book here.

    Additional Resources: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/digital-altruism/202505/what-if-weve-misunderstood-willpower-all-along


    Read Julie's Medium Blog.

    Support JULIE (and the show!)

    Support + get some bonus stuff over on PATREON.


    Get an occasional personal email from me: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.com

    Tune in on INSTAGRAM ANDYOUTUBE or TIKTOK.


    Info on War Tax Resistance.

    Donate to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund and the Sudan Relief Fund


    The opinions expressed by Julie Merica and Make Your Damn Bed Podcast are intended for entertainment purposes only. Make Your Damn Bed podcast is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.

    Read Julie's Medium Blog.

    Support JULIE (and the show!)

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    Get an occasional personal email from me: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.com

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    becoming a better manager May 21, 2026
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    NOTE: this is a rerun of episode 1059 because of some life stuff. I should be back tomorrow!


    If I’ve learned anything from getting older, it’s that we’re all middle managers of our emotions, our energies, our moods, our feelings, and our experiences.


    I’ve had a lot of different types of managers in the past that have taught me things about how I showed Innman and by recognizing my own capabilities and limitations and knowing what I actually enjoy as a manager I could slowly start to enjoy the process of managing my moods, emotions, energy, and so on the second, I could separate a traditional managing role from the thousands of different types of managing there really is in this world that can often feel really fulfilling and profitable and progressive managing styles.



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    1774 || the power of "good enough" May 20, 2026
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    You are good enough. You've always been good enough. You'll always be good enough.


    There's always more to do, but that does NOT mean you haven't done enough.


    If we started truly believing that, the economy as we know it, would crumble. And I dunno, maybe that's a good thing. Decentering your "beauty" makes you more beautiful.


    Do you know how much time, energy, and money can be freed up when you say "this is good enough"?

    You are perfect, right here, right now. You have to know this. Don''t ever forget it.


    Reclaim your attention and focus on the shit that actually matters.


    Get Jenny Odell's Books Here.

    Buy Jenny Odell's book here.

    Listen to a different podcast episode about Jenny Odell's book.



    Read Julie's Medium Blog.

    Support JULIE (and the show!)

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    Get an occasional personal email from me: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.com

    Tune in on INSTAGRAM ANDYOUTUBE or TIKTOK.


    Info on War Tax Resistance.

    Donate to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund and the Sudan Relief Fund


    The opinions expressed by Julie Merica and Make Your Damn Bed Podcast are intended for entertainment purposes only. Make Your Damn Bed podcast is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.

    Read Julie's Medium Blog.

    Support JULIE (and the show!)

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    1773 || exploit your own margins May 19, 2026
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    Most people have very small margins. There's very little time/energy/money to focus on anything beyond basic survival. But for those of us with access to any margins (even tiny ones), we must be willing to expound upon them, exploit them, and set ourselves up for even larger ones down the line.


    Get Jenny Odell's Books Here.

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    Listen to a different podcast episode about Jenny Odell's book.



    Read Julie's Medium Blog.

    Support JULIE (and the show!)

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    Get an occasional personal email from me: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.com

    Tune in on INSTAGRAM ANDYOUTUBE or TIKTOK.


    Info on War Tax Resistance.

    Donate to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund and the Sudan Relief Fund


    The opinions expressed by Julie Merica and Make Your Damn Bed Podcast are intended for entertainment purposes only. Make Your Damn Bed podcast is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.

    Read Julie's Medium Blog.

    Support JULIE (and the show!)

    Support + get some bonus stuff over on PATREON.

    Get an occasional personal email from me: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.com

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    Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bed.

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    1772 || protection in the margins May 18, 2026
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    The most successful strikes, boycotts, resistance, and activism has stemmed from people willing to be brave, think differently, and utilize the protection of the margins they're living in.


    There are certain privileges that some of us are afforded, that can provide us with a "safety net" of protection in our acts of intentional resistance.


    As more of our safety nets are removed, we are less protected when we rebel against the system. The point is to limit our power through limiting our resources and ability to act freely.


    Pay attention to the margins and protections you do have access to, and see what you can exploit within them to stretch them for others to exist in the same space.


    Get Jenny Odell's Books Here.

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    Read Julie's Medium Blog.

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    Info on War Tax Resistance.

    Donate to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund and the Sudan Relief Fund


    The opinions expressed by Julie Merica and Make Your Damn Bed Podcast are intended for entertainment purposes only. Make Your Damn Bed podcast is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.

    Read Julie's Medium Blog.

    Support JULIE (and the show!)

    Support + get some bonus stuff over on PATREON.

    Get an occasional personal email from me: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.com

    Tune in on INSTAGRAM ANDYOUTUBE or TIKTOK

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    1771 || dictatorship of capital May 17, 2026
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    We live in a dictatorship of capital. These "powerful" thieves have ingratiated themselves into every aspect of our existence. For us to push back, we'd need to decenter capital, but the system has set us up to be trapped in it.


    The key is centering community. Not ourselves. There's a "third space" between escaping completely and participating willingly with the worst parts. Co-creating stability and safety through new ways that we've never imagined before.


    The creation of a "third option" is overwhelming and seemingly hopeless work, but only when we force ourselves to do it alone.


    It will always be uncomfortable, but there should be comfort in knowing your discomfort is for the betterment of the world, as opposed to the fortification of the worst parts of it.


    A more just world is available, we just have to remember we have the power to foster it, together.


    Start small. Think about the choices you have available, and question them. Are there secret options you've been unable to see? Are there ways to create spaciousness where there appear to be walls?


    Read Julie's Medium Blog.

    Support JULIE (and the show!)

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    Get an occasional personal email from me: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.com

    Tune in on INSTAGRAM ANDYOUTUBE or TIKTOK.


    Info on War Tax Resistance.

    Donate to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund and the Sudan Relief Fund


    The opinions expressed by Julie Merica and Make Your Damn Bed Podcast are intended for entertainment purposes only. Make Your Damn Bed podcast is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.

    Read Julie's Medium Blog.

    Support JULIE (and the show!)

    Support + get some bonus stuff over on PATREON.

    Get an occasional personal email from me: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.com

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    1770 || the harsh reality May 16, 2026
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    As we become more disillusioned, pay attention to the ways you can push back or pivot or adapt.


    The reality of our current situation is darker than any of us can imagine, and we need to stop pretending like things can "return to normal" because the "normal" has revealed itself to be unreasonably evil.


    we must be willing to address the truth now, so we can co-create a better truth moving forward.


    Read Julie's Medium Blog.

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    Info on War Tax Resistance.

    Donate to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund and the Sudan Relief Fund


    The opinions expressed by Julie Merica and Make Your Damn Bed Podcast are intended for entertainment purposes only. Make Your Damn Bed podcast is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.

    Read Julie's Medium Blog.

    Support JULIE (and the show!)

    Support + get some bonus stuff over on PATREON.

    Get an occasional personal email from me: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.com

    Tune in on INSTAGRAM ANDYOUTUBE or TIKTOK

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    1769 || a reasonable response to an unreasonable request May 15, 2026
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    "If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law." - Henry David Thoreau


    In a world that shares none of my values, I must be willing to stand apart from it. It is uncomfortable, but less uncomfortable than assimilating to a culture that is in direct opposition to my personal morality. Ideally, our individual search for a "third space", will lead to a collective embracing of it.


    Get Jenny Odell's Books Here.

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    Listen to a different podcast episode about Jenny Odell's book.


    Read Julie's Medium Blog.

    Support JULIE (and the show!)

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    Get an occasional personal email from me: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.com

    Tune in on INSTAGRAM ANDYOUTUBE or TIKTOK.


    Info on War Tax Resistance.

    Donate to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund and the Sudan Relief Fund


    The opinions expressed by Julie Merica and Make Your Damn Bed Podcast are intended for entertainment purposes only. Make Your Damn Bed podcast is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.

    Read Julie's Medium Blog.

    Support JULIE (and the show!)

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    Get an occasional personal email from me: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.com

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    1768 || there is a third option May 14, 2026
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    It's not healthy (or "sane") to follow the social norms of an unhealthy (or "insane") society.


    There is a third (secret) space available for us to boycott, sabotage, and refuse to align with what is wrong with the current "norms" but we have to be willing to look at the world differently to see it. We don't have to decide between escape and compliance. There is a middle ground that can push back against the worst aspects of our culture, and inspire others to seek out their own freewill and autonomy to do the same.



    Get Jenny Odell's Books Here.

    Buy Jenny Odell's book here.

    Listen to a different podcast episode about Jenny Odell's book.



    Read Julie's Medium Blog.

    Support JULIE (and the show!)

    Support + get some bonus stuff over on PATREON.


    Get an occasional personal email from me: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.com

    Tune in on INSTAGRAM ANDYOUTUBE or TIKTOK.


    Info on War Tax Resistance.

    Donate to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund and the Sudan Relief Fund


    The opinions expressed by Julie Merica and Make Your Damn Bed Podcast are intended for entertainment purposes only. Make Your Damn Bed podcast is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.

    Read Julie's Medium Blog.

    Support JULIE (and the show!)

    Support + get some bonus stuff over on PATREON.

    Get an occasional personal email from me: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.com

    Tune in on INSTAGRAM ANDYOUTUBE or TIKTOK

    Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bed.

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