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- 1587 || a silly + true teacher story
Some of the lessons I prioritize, still: Stop being so hard on yourself when you’re struggling to learn or master or understand something new. You’re actually doing a great job as a learner. You’re exactly where you’re supposed to be, trying, messing up, learning. If you knew already, you wouldn’t be learning anymore. Learning is impossible to mess up, unless you give up. It’s supposed to be challenging - but that doesn’t have to mean frustrating. Take your time to be a learner. Tests are hard for some of us, but that doesn’t mean you’re dumb. Judge a fish by ability to climb a tree, and all that.
Resources for Resisting a Coup: https://makeyourdamnbed.medium.com/practical-guides-to-resisting-a-coup-b44571b9ad66
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9 min - 1586 || some of my teacher stories || birthday episode
And that’s the beauty of math, right? There are many ways to get there, but there is one answer.
It’s tidy, if you’re tidy.
It’s also why I hate math - because I am not the tidiest worker.
I try to be, and am training myself to be so I can enjoy the process of things more, and actually invest in the process as much as the outcome, but when I was younger and sometimes still, I really don’t have time for poorly worded instructions, and I tend to rush through shit if I don’t see the point in it.
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8 min - 1585 || dirt in a cog
Dirt in a cog is a way to embody resistance. It focuses on slowing down, jamming up, creating little bits of friction that make it difficult to keep attacking our citizens effectively.
We need all types of resistance, don't think there are limits to your modes of resistance. Make fascism hard. Don't normalize the violence we're seeing. Keep showing your community + your country that you aren't going to lie down and watch it burn.
You don't have to wait for one big act of revolutionary change to start pushing back. You can push back against the shift in everyday actions + choices, if you know where to look.
THE "DIRT IN A COG" ZINE: https://invisiblehistory.org/dirt-in-a-cog-zine/
Resources for Resisting a Coup: https://makeyourdamnbed.medium.com/practical-guides-to-resisting-a-coup-b44571b9ad66
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9 min - 1584 || the next best choice
Joy is part of the practice.
When you can't find it and don't know where to start? Start small. Start by reminding yourself that joy still exists, and it's a frequency vibrating right above our heads, and if we can just poke our heads out of this damned hole, we can find it - tap into it, and use it like the resource it is.
Pay attention to the glimmers that make you feel seen.
The goal is to make the next best choice.
Reclaim your agency by starting with fun, whimsy, and joy.
Inspirational stuff that has helped to pry me from my funk lately:
DIRT IN A COG VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyU50dserEY
CHAOTIC GUIDE TO MAKING STUFF INSTEAD OF DOOMSCROLLING: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n8W6CBxc64&t=102s
RADICAL NEIGHBORING VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dynQV-oKM0E
Resources for Resisting a Coup: https://makeyourdamnbed.medium.com/practical-guides-to-resisting-a-coup-b44571b9ad66
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9 min - 1583 || tactical frivolity (joy is our way out)
Tactical frivolity is what happens when you use humor, whimsy, and joy to make those in power look ridiculous. It flips the script and reclaims agency. The optics matter, the message matters, and how the message arrives matters. So get involved, stop leaning into despair, and flip that damned script. Get some joy in your resistance. It's exactly what the world needs right now.
Threads: https://www.threads.com/@eorlins/post/DP8wkOgDfyt/have-you-heard-of-tactical-frivolityits-one-of-my-favorite-forms-of-protesttacti
Leeja Miller's Video on Tactical Frivolity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGiEhbaa8Ko
Resources for Resisting a Coup: https://makeyourdamnbed.medium.com/practical-guides-to-resisting-a-coup-b44571b9ad66
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10 min - 1582 || mental gymnastics (and how to stop)
Beliefs require faith, rationality requires flexibility. Unless your belief is rooted in rationality, these things can conflict.
Refusing to acknowledge or label something doesn’t make it go away, but it does take your power away from being able to confront or address it.
Resources for Resisting a Coup: https://makeyourdamnbed.medium.com/practical-guides-to-resisting-a-coup-b44571b9ad66
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9 min - 1581 || analysis paralysis
Our brains have a tendency to over-value the effect of TINY inconsequential differences when comparing options.
Distinction bias is a cognitive bias that causes people to overestimate how different their options are when they compare them to each other rather than evaluating them independently, against some absolute standard. This bias often leads to an exaggerated perception of the differences between options. - ClearerThinking.org
Distinction Bias effects: https://www.clearerthinking.org/post/distinction-bias-definition-examples-and-effects
Distinction Bias Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distinction_bias
Nir's take on Distinction Bias: https://www.nirandfar.com/distinction-bias/
Reddit's solutions: https://www.reddit.com/r/adhdwomen/comments/1ig89cd/anyone_else_agonize_over_decisions_and_then_end/
Resources for Resisting a Coup: https://makeyourdamnbed.medium.com/practical-guides-to-resisting-a-coup-b44571b9ad66
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10 min - 1580 || contrast effect
The contrast effect is a bias where the perception of something is distorted by being compared to something else, making the differences between them seem greater than they are.
SOURCES:
BUSTER BENSON'S MEDIUM POST: https://medium.com/@buster/cognitive-bias-cheat-sheet-55a472476b18
Contrast effect: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contrast_effect#:~:text=%5Bclarification%20needed%5D-,Domains,The%20checker%20shadow%20illusion
Anchoring Bias: https://medium.com/illumination/anchoring-bias-how-your-mind-tricks-you-into-wrong-decisions-c60b1ef8728e
More biases here: Bizarreness effect, Humor effect, Von Restorff effect, Negativity bias, Publication bias, Omission bias
Anchoring effect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchoring_effect
Resources for Resisting a Coup: https://makeyourdamnbed.medium.com/practical-guides-to-resisting-a-coup-b44571b9ad66
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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.
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10 min - 1579 || omission bias
The omission bias refers to our tendency to judge harmful actions as worse than harmful inactions, even if they result in similar consequences.
SOURCES:
BUSTER BENSON'S MEDIUM POST: https://medium.com/@buster/cognitive-bias-cheat-sheet-55a472476b18
OMISSION BIAS: https://thedecisionlab.com/biases/omission-bias
and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omission_bias
More biases here: Bizarreness effect, Humor effect, Von Restorff effect, Negativity bias, Publication bias, Omission bias
Resources for Resisting a Coup: https://makeyourdamnbed.medium.com/practical-guides-to-resisting-a-coup-b44571b9ad66
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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.
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10 min - 1578 || different versions of negativity bias
Our brains are designed to notice interesting (or negative) events. This can lead us to make decisions based on the negative experiences in our lives, and forget to consider the positive.
SOURCES:
BUSTER BENSON'S MEDIUM POST: https://medium.com/@buster/cognitive-bias-cheat-sheet-55a472476b18
More biases here: Bizarreness effect, Humor effect, Von Restorff effect, Negativity bias, Publication bias, Omission bias
Resources for Resisting a Coup: https://makeyourdamnbed.medium.com/practical-guides-to-resisting-a-coup-b44571b9ad66
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About Make Your Damn Bed
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@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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