Tag: mental health

Bumperpodcast #462 – Season 3 – Montclair Comedy Festival

Natty Bumpercar announced co-producing the Montclair Comedy Festival in Montclair, New Jersey, from November 13-15. The idea stemmed from his job loss and subsequent anxiety attack. Natty secured the festival’s URL, trademarked the name, and assembled a committee to review over 100 applicants. He built a website and an app for ticketing and show announcements. The festival gained support from venues and Eventbrite. Natty highlighted the importance of inclusivity and the role of his friend Suzanne in organizing the event. Despite challenges, the festival is on track, and Natty feels accomplished and excited.

You should send us an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com. We’re here and we’re listening!

Podcast: Download | Embed
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | iHeartRadio | RSS | subscribe

About This Episode

In this special episode of Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar shares exciting news about co-producing the Montclair Comedy Festival in New Jersey, scheduled for November 13-15. Natty recounts how getting laid off from his job sparked a whirlwind of creative energy that led to organizing an entire comedy festival in just months. He discusses his long history with Montclair comedy, including 15 years producing shows at Tierney's Pub, and how the late Pat Grillon inspired his comedy journey. Natty details the festival's development process, from securing the domain name and trademark to building custom apps for performers and managing over 100 applications. Despite Aloysious J. Pig's brief interruption at the end, Natty successfully shares his passion project with listeners before anyone can derail the conversation.

Memorable Quotes

“I got laid off on a thursday and i immediately just went into a shell inside myself in the corner and um i was kind of rocking back and forth in the corner and then i rocked too hard and the shell cracked open”
— Natty Bumpercar

“I have big, dumb ideas, but then she can use spreadsheets, and then she makes it make sense.”
— Natty Bumpercar

“Everything's going to be super smooth and super easy. What are you doing? We're recording an episode now? I didn't mean to talk over you.”
— Aloysious J. Pig

Topics: #comedyfestival #montclair #liveevents #showproduction #careerchange #mentalhealth #creativeprojects #stand-upcomedy

Featuring: Natty Bumpercar, Aloysious J. Pig, Producer

Full Transcript

Natty Bumpercar: all right i'm gonna get to it right now i'm gonna get to the point we're not gonna doddle i have fun exciting news and i want to tell you about it before anyone even comes in the studio and bothers me or interrupts me or tries to tell me something silly hi this is natty bumper car with a bumper podcast and the cool news is that i'm helping co-produce the montclair comedy festival in montclair new jersey november 13th 14th and 15th and i am like so beyond excited i have wanted to do a festival type thing for a long time i've done benefits i produce shows uh we you know all kinds of stuff but finally like i don't know what happened but something in me just uh oh wait that's right i got laid off from my job and then i had an anxiety attack and i didn't sleep for like three days and that's not good but the good thing that came out of that was a festival which is strange but that's what happened i uh i got laid off on a thursday and i uh immediately just went into a shell inside myself in the corner and um i was kind of rocking back and forth in the corner and then i rocked too hard i and i bumped and i the shell cracked open and i was and there i was And I thought, I got to do something. I can't just sit here and be sad. Let's go. We got to figure this out. And so I started thinking, Montclair Comedy Festival. Montclair has Montclair Pride. They have the Jazz Fest. They have a literary festival. They have Montclair Film. The Walnut Street Fair. I don't know. That's different. But you get the point. There's a lot of stuff going on in Montclair. And there used to be a comedy club there, right there on Bloomfield Avenue. It was called Rascals, and it's not there anymore. And so I said, well, that's strange. Let me research this to see if it exists. And I looked up Montclair Comedy Festival, and there was nothing. So I got super excited, and I went and I got the URL, montclaircomedyfestival.com. And then I went and I got all the socials. And then what did I do? I went and trademarked the name. And I don't know if you know this, but I actually helped produce a show there for like 15 years. On every Sunday night for 15 years. Rain or sleet or snow, but not ice. And not big time sports games. Sports games? Yeah, sports games. And it was great. It was at a place called Tierney's Pub, and it's on Valley Road. And it was upstairs, and when the pandemic hit, it kind of went away. And I think everything went away. And I was kind of like, oh, okay, there goes Tierney's. And the main person whose show it was, her name was Pat Grillon. And she went away. She just said, no more for me. And she passed away, which is horrible and depressing and sad. But, you know, I kind of didn't know what to do because it was her show. And for people who don't know, it's her fault that I started doing comedy again, really. When we moved up here from Georgia, I started doing it a little bit back there when we were in Georgia. But I had no intention. I was kind of… I was like, it's done with me. Okay. And then I passed this place, and it had a big banner outside. And it's like, comedy, Sundays, blah, blah, blah, beer thing, whatever, special. And I was like, huh, all right. And finally, I got up the gumption. I don't know. It wasn't like I didn't get up the gumption of the courage. I just finally remembered to pull in. And so I did that on a Sunday, and I went up. There was up these stairs, very steep stairs, very creaky stairs. And I got to the attic where it was and walked in. And there was just this woman there. And I was like, hey, this is who I am. This is my story. I want to… And she was like, okay. Like, immediately. That's what she did. And so then she gave me a date, and off we went. And really just… So great. So wonderful. And then over the years, I just kind of ended up trying to be as big of a help as I could, just because I could learn, and I could get more stage time, and I could host a lot, and I could figure stuff out. And it was a great learning experience. But then again, when the pandemic happened, and when she passed away, I was kind of like, all right, well, comedy was fun. Comedy was great. And I don't want to do it anymore. But then it came back. We started doing outdoor shows. Some people did a lot of Zoom shows. I only did a few because I found it very confusing to be sitting on my couch, staring at people in their little squares. And then they're like, all right, it's your turn. And having to turn on your microphone and be like, ah, here's my jokes. Ah. Anyway. So what happened? What happened? What happened? Oh, yeah, outdoor shows. And then my pal Suzanne, she found a place called LaSara Gardens, which is next town over. And I guess they have a stage in the back. And she was walking around one day, and she just went to the owner, like just went to her and said, hey, could we have a show here, comedy show? And like, I don't. I have no concept on how you do that. But she did. And good for her. Because we've been doing shows there for like three years. Sweet and sour comedy, right? And so we've been doing shows there. We've been doing private shows. We've been doing benefits. Kind of all sorts of stuff. And that's been wonderful. And then last year, I don't know if you remember, but I was talking about Jaws the musical. And we were producing that as sweet and sour comedy. We were in it. And we applied and got into the. New York Fringe Festival, which was super cool and super weird and different and scary for me because I had not I don't I had to learn songs at a learn lines. I had to sing songs, you know, and I had to they did blocking. What does that mean? That's what you're supposed to be. What do you mean? When we had the specific time that you say that you're supposed to look over there and be over there and then do that. And it's just like, oh, I have to. OK, I have to put all of that into my brain. And it's like. It's like an hour long thing. Perfect. Great. This is going to work out well. Well, it did. It was fun. And the festival happened and it went great. And, you know, it was a big experience and another big learning thing. And then we kept doing shows back to the stand up stuff, the normal stuff. And then, you know, I'd kind of talked about festival stuff every so often, but it just seemed like a big impossible thing. And then when I got laid off. On a Thursday and then I had the panic attack, I just I did all that stuff. I found a URL and then I built the Web site and I all this stuff was just like I figured out the structure of how I wanted to get people into the festival as far as like them applying. And I got a committee of people from around the country and so that they could watch the videos and fill out a rubric and they would take the rankings from that. And we put it into spreadsheets. So we had all the rankings and we were able to look at different aspects of their rankings and, you know, just like kind of do it from a more fair perspective than just, hey, we're having a festival. Hey, we're going to have all of our friends on it. You know, that's that's that's something that's fine if that's what you want to do. But I was trying to make it just a more inclusive thing. Right. I didn't even watch the videos because I wanted to be hands off from that. And we had over 100. People apply, which is bananas to me and kind of in the same time as that. Oh, wait. So so I went to Suzanne on like Monday or Tuesday and I was like, hey, we're having a festival. She's like, what? And I was like, Montclair Comedy Festival. And she's like, when next year? And I was like, November. And this was in like May or June or something. And she was like, no, too much, too fast. No. And I was like. It's all done because in my head it was. And, you know, we got we got all of the people applying and then we started talking to venues and everybody was super receptive. And we're like three weeks away. It's it's I don't know what date it is today, but it's sometime in October, mid-October. And then that's in mid-November. And it's going so great. It's so weird. Like I had to build and develop. An app for the website to pull in all the ticketing stuff from Eventbrite, which is like our ticketing platform. And they reached out to us to be our official ticketing platform. They reached out to us. It's weird. Who are we? Sweet and sour. And, you know, how to learn how to do press releases. And then I built this cool app for the website also, where when the people got into accepted to the festival, they were like, oh, we're going to do this. And then I built this cool app for the website also, where when the people got into accepted to the festival, they were like, oh, we're going to do this. And then I built this cool app for the website also, where when the people got into accepted to the festival, they were like, oh, we're going to do this. They have a page where they could go and they can actually just they can pick three skins and then they upload their picture and they're able to move their photo around in the pictures. And then it's like Montclair Comedy Festival and then in the date. And it's kind of like an announcement like, look at me. I'm in this thing. And people used it. And it was great. And then once we got all the shows named and we got them all organized and all the lineups done, then we were able to. And seriously, I could not have done this stuff without Suzanne. I tell her this all the time. She was able to, you know, I have big, dumb ideas, but then she can use spreadsheets, and then she makes it make sense. And so she was able, she was like, all right, I got all these people from this show doing this and this and ba-ba-doo-ba-da. So we could contact the people and send them out, like, show-specific information. Hey, you're on this show. It's at this time. It's at this place. And when we did that, we gave them a link to another little thing that I built where they could build their own show flyer or poster with their, you know, put their picture in, type their name in, and move the name around wherever they wanted it to be. And that was, it was, it's fun. You know, it's fun to think up these things and then figure out how to make them happen. And then it's terrifying when you go to send the main emails out and the website just dies, crashes. And you're like, why did this happen? I don't know. Just to keep me on my toes. So that's kind of where we are at this point. And it's exciting. And I'm excited. And my therapist was like, hey, this is kind of a lot. And I was like, yes, yes, this is a lot. This might be too much. But my whole theory, my logic is at least I'm not still. I'm still in my shell, crying and rocking in the corner. Like, I took all of that terror and scary and whatever, and I was able to do this giant thing. And every so often, like, I do kind of blink my eyes and go, what have I done? What are we, how are we doing this? And I've been just making lists and lists and lists and going down the list and crossing things out. And we have volunteers. And I don't know. Overall, people seem to be excited about it. Which makes me beyond happy. And hopefully, you know, the next three, four weeks are just going to go by without a hitch.

Aloysious J. Pig: Everything's going to be super smooth and super easy. What are you doing? We're recording an episode now? I didn't mean to talk over you. Hey, it's me, Aloysius J. Pig. Is it time for the Bumper Podcast? Nope. Nope.

Natty Bumpercar: No. To both of you, I did it. I managed to record an entire episode without anybody. And I got to talk about the Montclair Comedy Festival. And we'll talk about your stuff again, I'm sure. Because we always end up talking about your stuff. But today, it was my day. And I'm excited. MontclairComedyFestival.com.

Producer: The Bumper Podcast is an oftentimes hilarious weekly romp with Natty Bumpercar, and some of his pals. It is family-friendly, clean, and ridiculous. Thanks a bundle for listening. If you love our show and you'd like to help support the podcast, check out our Patreon page at Also, pretty please subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, share it with everyone everywhere, post about it on all of the social medias, or leave a rating and rating. The Bumper Podcast is produced at headquarters in Coffee Can Alley. It's recorded, mixed, and produced by a producer. The Bumper Podcast features contributions from Our head talker is probably Natty Bumpercar. We also have an absurd newsletter. Check it out and subscribe at NattyBumpercar.com. Also, you can follow me on Instagram and Twitter at NattyBumpercar. Hugs and hearts. See you soon.

October 18, 2025
Bumperpodcast #436 – Season 3 – Problem

Step into the whimsical world of Coffee-Can Alley with the Bumperpodcast, your go-to destination for uproarious improvised comedy. In this episode, Natty Bumpercar does some lamenting. A whole lot of lamenting.

You should send us an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com. We’re here and we’re listening!

Go like our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/TheBumperpodcast/)!! Also, The Bumperpodcast can now be found on the https://non-productive.com/ network. Yay!!!! Also, also, we have a Patreon page now!!! https://www.patreon.com/nattybumpercar

Podcast: Download | Embed
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | iHeartRadio | RSS | subscribe

About This Episode

In this introspective episode of the Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar opens up about his recent absence from recording. He candidly discusses his struggle with prioritizing creative work when life gets overwhelming, describing his tendency to take on multiple projects while pushing aside the things he truly loves—like making the podcast. Natty introduces his "rock tumbler" theory of creativity, explaining how he mentally processes ideas while juggling responsibilities. He reflects on the challenge of seeking validation, doing things for others versus himself, and finding happiness in chaotic times. Despite feeling overwhelmed, Natty reaffirms his love for the show and his commitment to returning, ending on an optimistic note about eating tiny seedless oranges and declaring that the Bumperpodcast is back.

Memorable Quotes

“I like to push away the things that I care about that I really want to do and that are meaningful to me and uh slotting in some silly stuff that I know I can accomplish.”
— Natty Bumpercar

“The joy at finishing the thing is nowhere near the depths of uh of depression and annoyance in myself at not doing the thing that I really want to be doing.”
— Natty Bumpercar

“I miss doing the podcast and and i don't know where everybody is right now i hope they didn't give up on me.”
— Natty Bumpercar

Topics: #creativity #mentalhealth #procrastination #work-lifebalance #self-reflection #podcasthiatus #creativeprocess #happiness

Featuring: Natty Bumpercar, Producer, Robot

Full Transcript

Natty Bumpercar: so i'm not saying that like i have a problem or anything necessarily but i will say that something weird is going on where i haven't had the will or i will i was going to say the desire but i've really had the desire i just haven't had the will to come and record i don't know what's going on like every day i'm like i really want to go in and make a new bumper podcast i miss doing the bumper podcast and then invariably inevitably indubitably something else would come up and say hey i'm a bigger priority right now you gotta take care of me or else everything's fall apart and i don't know necessarily if that's the case or if my brain is just so overwhelmed by this this cacophony of other priorities in life and responsibilities that for some reason it uh it just kind of swept the podcast into the corner i don't like that because you i think i've told you before i love making the bumper podcast it's my it's one of my favorite things to do it's high on the list of favorite things to do like like very high i don't know what else is on the list but i know that this is very high i don't feel like i know i've been overwhelmed and i feel like i've been a little bit down maybe a little bit depressed um just with life you know sometimes you you just it gets to be a bit too much and um i i don't like to admit it but but sometimes normally okay well normally what i like to do when life gets to be too much and i get to be too stressed is i just kind of keep pushing forward and adding more to my plate because that's a great idea right it's like hey i'm about to fall to pieces why don't i take on six more projects oh those have deadlines oh great and they're all oh great like so i should just never sleep again perfect oh wait i'm also gonna be doing a lot of shows and you know just like thing on top of thing on top of thing um which even by themselves feel like they're kind of a a large undertaking and you know i'm not like well that large undertaking is going to be enough for me for right now no no i'm like let's spin the die and see how many other things that i can take on and i was i was talking to somebody about it and they said well you you must enjoy that and i was like why they're like well you always enjoy that and i was like why you're always seem to do it you always seem to be really busy you always seem to be doing a lot of stuff and i said yeah i don't know if i enjoy it because i think what i'm doing and uh you can call me out on this if you want to but i like to push away the things that i care about that i really want to do and that are meaningful to me and uh slotting in some silly stuff that i know i can accomplish um and i know i can kind of you know feel great because i finished something and then the stuff that i really want to do is still sitting over there uh like hey what about me i'm like oh yeah yeah okay you're next and i start making my way over to that thing i want to do and i'm like oh you know what i gotta do i gotta do this other thing make that appointment go to this thing do that thing and for the most part I'm pretty on top of that stuff but just just because I'm moderately organized doesn't mean that I'm getting done the stuff that I want to get done and it's it becomes a really annoying loop because what happens is I push off the thing that I want to do for instance making a podcast and then even though I feel good that maybe I finished this other thing I feel bad and I feel guilt that I didn't do the podcast or whatever it is and so and it doesn't even like even each other out right the uh the joy at finishing the thing is nowhere near the depths of uh of depression and annoyance in myself at not doing the thing that I really want to be doing and um so like even though I'm getting stuff done I'm I'm coming in at a feel-good negative is what I'm going to call it um the the bank has been depleted of good feelings and we've actually we're we're in debt from feeling good wise um so it's weird I need to stop doing that um and every so often what I like to do because I used to really beat myself up about this like I would and because I've done this forever is I would have the thing I want to do but then I do other stuff but I would have the thing that I want to do in my mind kind of rolling around and I always try to make it like a uh a rock tumbler if that makes sense where the things I really want to do I put them in the rock tumbler of my brain and even though I you know I'm not looking at the rocks because they're in the rock tumbler but they're they're just spinning and rolling and going and doing their thing and becoming like you know pretty little rocks and the hope is that when I finally get to do those things I'm going to be able to do them that it's weird because sometimes I will just knock out five or six things and then then whoa I feel amazing I feel like look at me look at natty bumper car and people are like how did you do where'd all this stuff come from and I was like it came from my rock tumbler and they're like I don't know what that means and I don't know if I want to know what that means and I'm like I gotcha so I just have to kind of accept that things are in my rock tumbler and try not to force them because when I force stuff out it never turns out the way I really want it to and it feels like even though if it's done and it doesn't turn out the way I want it to it feels underwhelming and that's kind of pointless so it's a real juggling act for me mentally to have stuff I want to do and I want to do it and I want to do it and I want to do it and I want to do have stuff I have to do get stuff done get the stuff done I want to and not drive myself bananas doing all that so you know and I I'm not complaining I said I think there's a lot of life going on there is but everybody's got a lot of life going on right but sometimes I have stuff in life that like I don't know I would like to be better and I put a lot of energy and effort and emotion and time into trying to make things better uh for other people um and it doesn't always translate it doesn't always work out and so then you have the thing where it's like all right I've poured all this energy into helping this situation or trying to make this thing better or whatever it is and it didn't work out and it didn't work out and it didn't work out and it didn't work out and it didn't work out and it's hard to reconcile with myself that that that's okay you know like you gave it you gave it your best shot there bumper car you really tried you really went in there and and you gave it your all and that's all you can do it's not always going to work out in your favor it's not always going to be uh you know end up great but even if it doesn't end up great that's okay because you still went through it and so you still have to acknowledge the experience and I don't know a lot of times it feels like I'm doing smoke and mirrors with my brain where I'm like you you got through it you made it that was a good experience you learned from it next time's gonna be better but you don't I don't know that next time could be worse you know like but I do like to try to come at things with a little bit of a silver lining and hope that you know you're putting all this effort in or trying to do all these things and what are you doing them for are you doing them for yourself are you doing them for other people you know and then why would you do it for other people like are you trying to gain their acceptance or their love or you know their appreciation and you know I don't know I don't know I don't know I don't know I don't know I don't and there's zero you know percent you know positive chance that that's gonna happen because they're their own people and they're going through all these other things by themselves so you can't look to other people to make yourself feel good that's you know to get validated by other people that's that's hard so you just gotta like do things for the sake of doing things that make you happy right and i don't know i'm just mostly i'm just saying i miss doing the podcast and and i don't know where everybody is right now i hope they didn't give up on me and um hopefully you know the next episode won't just be me uh bibbling and babbling as it were about not doing stuff and doing stuff and you know being happy and satisfied i i certainly don't know the answer to being happy anymore feels like the world's on its ear and so yeah i kind of you have to live life and look for all the positives and look for all the happy things because if you don't oh boy it weighs you down right oh i think i need to go eat i don't know what i want to eat maybe like oh you know what i want to eat we have some of those little oranges in the house those tiny little oranges that don't have seeds that are delicious and you can eat like five in a sitting i think maybe it's time for me to go and peel an orange or two and then i'll have energy we don't have vitamins and i'll be ready to hit the ground running and take the world by storm because can i tell you what the bumper podcast is back

Producer: the bumper podcast is an oftentimes hilarious weekly romp with natty bumper car and some of his pals it is family friendly clean and ridiculous thanks a bundle for listening if you love our show and you'd like to help support the podcast check out our patreon page at https colon forward slash forward slash www.patreon.com forward slash natty bumper car also pretty please subscribe wherever you get your podcasts share it with everyone everywhere post about it on all of the social medias or leave a rating and review the bumper podcast is produced at headquarters in coffee can alley it's recorded mixed and produced by producer the bumper podcast features contributions from aloicious j pig rufus t rufus doodle poodle robot trunks and a gag all of other silly rascals our head talker is probably natty bumper car we also have an absurd newsletter check it out and subscribe at natty bumper car.com slash subscribe also you can follow me on instagram and twitter at natty bumper car hugs and hearts see you soon you

Robot: this has been a non-productive media presentation executive producer frank hablawi this program and many others like it on the non-productive network is distributed under a creative commons attribution non-commercial no derivatives license please share it but ask before trying to change it or sell it for more information visit non-productive.com

January 19, 2024
Bumperpodcast #418 – Season 2 – Hot Money Bag

There is a crash, and a heat wave. Who knows if and how those things are related … The Bumperpodcast with Natty Bumpercar is an oftentimes hilarious weekly romp around Headquarters, in Coffee-Can Alley, with Natty Bumpercar and his entire gaggle of pals! You should send us an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com. We’re here and we’re listening! Go like our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/TheBumperpodcast/)!! Also, The Bumperpodcast can now be found on the https://non-productive.com/ network. Yay!!!! Also, also, we have a Patreon page now!!! https://www.patreon.com/nattybumpercar Another story about saving baby animals! A feel good story! Previous episode!
Podcast: Download | Embed
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | iHeartRadio | RSS | subscribe
[av_toggle_container faq_markup=’faq_markup’ initial=’0′ mode=’accordion’ sort=” styling=” colors=” font_color=” background_color=” border_color=” toggle_icon_color=” colors_current=” font_color_current=” toggle_icon_color_current=” background_current=” background_color_current=” background_gradient_current_direction=’vertical’ background_gradient_current_color1=” background_gradient_current_color2=” background_gradient_current_color3=” hover_colors=” hover_font_color=” hover_background_color=” hover_toggle_icon_color=” size-toggle=” av-medium-font-size-toggle=” av-small-font-size-toggle=” av-mini-font-size-toggle=” size-content=” av-medium-font-size-content=” av-small-font-size-content=” av-mini-font-size-content=” heading_tag=” heading_class=” alb_description=” id=” custom_class=” template_class=” av_uid=’av-l60ubls9′ sc_version=’1.0′ admin_preview_bg=”] [av_toggle title=’Show Transcript:’ tags=” custom_id=” av_uid=’av-l60ub4u4′ sc_version=’1.0′] Natty Bumpercar 0:04 I want to say hello to all my guides all my girls and all my non binary pals. This is the bumper pod guys broadcasting live from the surface of the sun, because that’s just how hot it is. Right? Aloysius J. Pig 0:26 I actually gave you $10 If you can maintain that Natty Bumpercar 0:31 what was that? What does something just fell and I don’t know what it was but it was big I am so sorry. I hope I didn’t hurt your ears. Hi. Aloysius J. Pig 0:41 This is lost the voice you lost a voice Natty Bumpercar 0:44 Yeah, okay, I lost the voice Fine. Fine. Fine. Aloysius J. Pig 0:46 Yeah. All this is not a safe work environment. I’m not sure how I needed to talk to. But I mean, we got that something fell off the shelf and it was it was lot Rufus T. Rufus 0:58 I just heard a commotion in here ever whatever wanted me Rufus Tim Rufus. And just wondering if anyone needs in the legal action or authority to be taken charge taken a hold because I didn’t know and get injured in the calamity. Natty Bumpercar 1:19 No, no one got hurt. Just something fell off a shelf while we were recording. And it was it was loud, but I still don’t even really know what it was. But everyone’s okay, Rufus. Thanks for checking in. Well, Aloysius J. Pig 1:33 actually, I just wanted to jump in physically, obviously, I’m okay. Emotionally, I might be a little bit scarred. I might. So I’m just saying that. I don’t know if there’s any illegal legal ramifications or repercussions for something like that. But, you know, I do feel like this is going to impact me for quite some time. So roof is no sidebar. Maybe we should No, no, no, no, no, Natty Bumpercar 2:03 you don’t need to talk to Rufus. Everything’s fine reversed. You can you can skidooed or Skadoodle or skedaddle, or whatever it is you do Rufus T. Rufus 2:11 is I recently have taken to school Watlington which is your water but just scooting at the school bottle you understand but now you can’t kick me out but it’s Aloysius here he is asked me for some representation in what I can tell was a very stressful situation. What’s a Natty Bumpercar 2:31 fit? uation? Are you trying to say situation? Trying to say a situation that fits and so becomes a bit junction you see, I’m pretty sure you’re just making that up. I think you were trying to say situation and for some reason, you said fit and then you just are now trying to make it into a whole other word. Maybe just admit that you find you don’t even have to admit anything. You know what? People say things sometimes aren’t the right words. And you don’t even have to admit it. You know, I’m gonna let it fly. I’m gonna let it pass. Because we have actual things to talk about on this episode of the bumper podcast and we haven’t even gotten to anything Aloysius J. Pig 3:13 No, I think we’ve really have gotten to something is is you evidently now policing the words that are coming out of our mouths and how they are coming out of our mouths. And is this going to be a new thing? So like in the podcast, so if you’re like, Oh, I’m totes bunu then am I gonna go and look it up and be like oh, but no isn’t even really aware you know Rufus T. Rufus 3:39 I’m agreeing with Allah wishes I feel like this has become a toxic work environment will of course the come visit Google dangers No, no. And now we have this you coming in and calling us out on words that was saying and things that was saying? I don’t feel like I can perform here anymore. I don’t feel like I we belong I don’t feel like welcome and I don’t feel like I shouldn’t you know continue. Natty Bumpercar 4:10 I well. I just want to point out Rufus that you were never supposed to be on the podcast as you know a personality you are the lawyer and so you’re supposed to be more kind of back of the house like behind the scenes type of stuff. But you do seem to find your way to a microphone almost every time we record and I don’t want to say uninvited because you’re you are more than welcome to pop in and say things from time to time. But you know, I was really Aloysius is the talent. I’m just here to run the show producers over there producing Yeah, I do. And you you just come in, but you listen, you offer a very different way. What am I looking for kind of view on the world and so it’s it’s fun to have you in, but not a toxic work environment. Not a dangerous work environment. Just a podcast studio where something fell off a shelf so we’re okay natty Aloysius J. Pig 5:19 I just went and checked that whatever fell it was it was a bag and it was a bag full of money. I’m claiming it as my bag of money. I know. No. Wow, what a treat the universities have not Natty Bumpercar 5:33 well so know if there’s a bet there was a bag of money like real actual money. Rufus T. Rufus 5:40 You know, I actually I realized now that I did leave a bag of money in here in the studio. Was the bag. Brown now Aloysius J. Pig 5:51 it’s not proud. Rufus T. Rufus 5:52 Of course it wasn’t. I was just testing you to see if you knew what color the bag was is what the bag? I mean, the bag was obviously black bag, correct? Aloysius J. Pig 6:03 Yeah, the bag is not black. I’m not gonna leave like you can keep on guessing either. Natty Bumpercar 6:08 So we do we have like a lost and found is this something that we should put in? Or do we have like, is there a place where we can put up fliers and we can be like last bag found if yours? Come claim it or something like that? Well Rufus T. Rufus 6:22 hold on a second, because I seem to remember that. Maybe it was my antique bag that I left here that was polka dotted many colors on the bag. polka dotted bags. That’s the one isn’t it? Of course. Wow. Aloysius J. Pig 6:38 There’s no polka dots on the back. And you please stop trying to guess. Because we all know now that this is not your bag, and you’re just trying to get the bag because of what’s inside. Rufus T. Rufus 6:48 Do declare, I cannot believe that even my friend. I will always just J pig is turning this place into just a horrible place. Whatever the opposite of a safe place is safe space safe space. Thank you got this. That’s what this is. Natty Bumpercar 7:08 No, no, it’s not. We just don’t want to give away bags of money that were found to people who they don’t belong to. So kind of is a safe space. If you look at it that way, right. Anyway, let’s talk about can we get back into the episode or can we start the episode Producer 7:27 near? If I start the app? Are we going to start it now? We’re going to edit in clip all of this stuff out? Are we going to do the normal and just have all these jibber jabber eating up all of the time? Natty Bumpercar 7:41 Whatever is easiest for you. Honestly, I don’t I don’t want to put more burden or work onto your shoulders producer. Thank you. Aloysius J. Pig 7:48 Speaking of putting a burden on some shoulders this bag is actually pretty heavy. I don’t know how much money is in here. But it’s Wow, it is it is full of Rufus T. Rufus 8:00 dough. Yeah, obviously. I was gonna save dough. But you said it too. So now. I can’t remember what the out the bag looks like. But I do remember distinctly that it was a heavy bag that was very full of money. Maybe is that the? Is that the bag? You found? I think that might be my bag. Aloysius J. Pig 8:22 Seriously. Bumpercar I think we’re gonna have to get security to take him away because he’s being very he’s very focused on getting this bag and it’s not his bag. And we all notice and so I don’t know what to do. Am I gonna be able to make it to the parking lot safe? I don’t know. Natty Bumpercar 8:38 I don’t even know if we we don’t have security is that I don’t remember us ever having security so I can I can help you. I mean, honestly, we’re gonna put the bag into safe place and we’re gonna lock it up. See if anybody says they lost the bag. Try to get it to the rightful owner. And then we can kind of go from there. I think that’s that’s the plan. Okay. Yeah, but Aloysius J. Pig 9:02 did you did you want to look at do you wanna see should we count how much money it is? You want it? Like Should we open it? Yeah, Natty Bumpercar 9:08 I’m, I’m, I’m fine with that. Can we do it after the podcast though? Producer 9:11 Yeah, Natty. I never actually answered my question. If you wanted to start that over at the beginning or for discont I mean, you kind of said whatever is easiest on me, but I just want to kind of little more direction. If you want to start now or start at the beginning. Natty Bumpercar 9:27 I am so sorry. I forgot. Again, I think let’s just roll from here and we’ll finish the podcast out and then we can figure out whatever’s going on with this bag and honestly figure out why things are just falling off the shelves randomly. Maybe Maybe it’s it’s the heat Aloysius J. Pig 9:46 and is sow incredibly hot. I mean, I’m a pig obviously. I was walking out just from from the headquarters over here to the studio. And I smelled bacon and I was just like no What is this? This is a new what is Why does it smell like this? And then I lifted my arm up and smelled it it’s and I was just like well this is stupid it’s too hot we did we move closer to the Sun Producer 10:15 you’re now we were talking about getting the air conditioned in the studio but I don’t obviously hasn’t happened because I’m a frog and I am sweating. Have you ever seen if sweating frog is not a pretty sight? Natty Bumpercar 10:29 i Yeah, it is remarkably hot. We’re in a heat wave. Not really a fan of it. But we are in the middle of summer and we’re this hopefully I guess is going to be the hottest week I read a news report that it was like record breaking temperatures around the world. So it’s cats, you know, kind of kind of terrible. No, Rufus T. Rufus 10:50 I did look into it. And we do not have any hair conditioner but we do have a mixed judge hair shampoo and conditioner. So I mean, I could bring that over if you had out to help you guys this Aloysius J. Pig 11:04 guy even serious you saying hey, air conditioner. We’re not trying to take showers out here, bro. We’re trying to make it nice and cool and comfortable. Rufus T. Rufus 11:14 So wait, now you’re gonna start trying to listen to what I say and correct me. Yeah, this is too much too far too fast. I cannot stand Natty Bumpercar 11:24 well, to be fair, Rufus and I, I know we did have the issue earlier in the episode but you did say hair conditioner and hair shampoo when we were clearly talking about air conditioning. So it’s something we got to call that out. Right? Aloysius J. Pig 11:42 I think I had an idea. It’s we don’t have the money for air conditioning. And it’s so hot, but I did just find his bag of money. Maybe that’s Natty Bumpercar 11:53 for now that we’re not gonna we’re gonna hide it. We’re gonna lock it away. Right that’s so hot Outro 12:09 the bumper podcast is an oftentimes hilarious weekly romp with Natty Bumpercar and some of his pals. It is family friendly, clean and ridiculous. Thanks a bundle for listening. If you love our show, and you’d like to help support the podcast, check out our Patreon page at https colon forward slash forward slash www.patreon.com forward slash Natty Bumpercar also pretty please subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, share it with everyone everywhere. post about it on all of the social medias or leave a rating and review. The bumper podcast is produced at headquarters in coffee can alley it’s recorded mixed and produced by producer. The bumper podcast features contributions from Aloysius jpg Rufus T Rufus doodle poodle, robot trunks and a gaggle of other silly rascals. Our head talker is probably Natty Bumpercar. We also have an absurd newsletter. Check it out and subscribe at Natty bumpercar.com/subscribe Also, you can follow me on Instagram and Twitter at Natty Bumpercar Hugs and hearts See you soon. NonPro 13:29 This has been a non productive media presentation, executive producer Franco Blaue. This program and many others like it on the nonproductive network is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution non commercial no derivatives license. Please share it but ask before trying to change it or sell it. For more information visit non dash productive.com Transcribed by https://otter.ai [/av_toggle] [/av_toggle_container]

July 25, 2022
Bumperpodcast #401 – Season 2 – Singy

Natty sings an odd song. A really odd song. The Bumperpodcast with Natty Bumpercar is an oftentimes hilarious weekly romp around Headquarters, in Coffee-Can Alley, with Natty Bumpercar and his entire gaggle of pals! You should send us an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com. We’re here and we’re listening! Go like our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/TheBumperpodcast/)!! Also, The Bumperpodcast can now be found on the https://non-productive.com/ network. Yay!!!! Also, also, we have a Patreon page now!!! https://www.patreon.com/nattybumpercar Another story about saving baby animals! A feel good story! Previous episode!
Podcast: Download | Embed
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | iHeartRadio | RSS | subscribe
[av_toggle_container faq_markup=” initial=’0′ mode=’accordion’ sort=” styling=” colors=” font_color=” background_color=” border_color=” colors_current=” font_color_current=” background_current=” background_color_current=” background_gradient_current_direction=’vertical’ background_gradient_current_color1=” background_gradient_current_color2=” background_gradient_current_color3=” hover_colors=” hover_font_color=” hover_background_color=” hover_toggle_icon_color=” alb_description=” id=” custom_class=” template_class=” av_uid=’av-ktn7f46s’ sc_version=’1.0′] [av_toggle title=’Show Transcript:’ tags=” custom_id=” av_uid=’av-ktn7f343′ sc_version=’1.0′] Natty Bumpercar 0:00 I sometimes feel like maybe I’m not obvious I sometimes feel like maybe I’m a blog obvious oblivious. oblivious to all the things and all this stuff. I wonder if all like two will ever be and yeah, Aloysius J. Pig 0:33 it probably won’t. Unknown Speaker 0:37 I said and making do and think in everything everything though I even though I even though I don’t even know sometimes what I mean probably sleepy, tired grumpy out of steam probably woke up on the bed wrong. I guess. Tomorrow’s another day? I think so let’s hold out hope for brighter things. And better days. Don’t let the goose’s weigh you down. How heavy can Natty Bumpercar 1:35 crowd crying inside outside turn that smile around a frown flowers in the ground are bright bird up in the air I think I can I think I might around in circles. Tonight I’m fine. Okay. Fine. I’m okay. Fine, okay. here more than five more than okay. Over under the stars much too close. And much too far. More brains a spongy one g fuzzy. Unknown Speaker 3:01 Few fuse. tangental paradox. I go high lately since bid up to a smidge of dread. That’s okay. We just move forward Porsche so we can do everything and every day wake up and go on and on about your day. I mentioned this to you my friends. My podcast pounds in hopes you’re good in hopes you’re well in hopes you smile. Rufus T. Rufus 3:59 Now, Aloysius, what’s the word here? Was it what would what just happened? Was that the episode or was he okay once I mean what’s happened is I don’t understand that was very different from anything that we have produced in the past so this is this is new territory. Aloysius J. Pig 4:15 Yeah, so I don’t know that was pre recorded. And he’s he’s sleeping right now. It seems fine to me. Are you sleeping I could be any better than that. My take on it is he’s okay. However, the he’s a little bit upset with himself because he recorded the 400th episode big episode big planes and then kind of took a month off so now I didn’t get happening sorry. Got a little popcorn seat up but my teeth Rufus T. Rufus 4:15 popcorn I know what it told me there’s gonna be popcorn is as any as any I left now just read it. Aloysius J. Pig 4:53 Oh, yeah, no, I you know, you got to put food in front of it. What am I gonna do? I’m gonna finish it. That’s what I do. Yeah, But anyway, I’ll talk to him. We’ll see what happens and he’s good. We’ll see. We’ll talk to him. Hopefully we’ll do another episode next week we can pick out get back on track. You know how it is. So it’s always that that August slump and then when there’s a big episode sometimes then there’s a lag so we’re fine. Everything’s good Bumperpodcastketeers I’ll say hi. Hello. wacky funny jokes and everything. I’ll always just JPG here with Rufus T. Rufus. And I don’t know man I that song though. Oh, wow. He Rufus T. Rufus 5:35 is that what we’re calling the song that’s the title of it off off Eve? Because I need to you know if we’re gonna be putting that out I don’t know if we are but I do need a title. So right now I’m going to pin cillian off Aloysius J. Pig 5:49 off so perfect. Oh, lately I had to go Oh, he or not something is a different song. But he I get the I get the drift. I mean, like the bad guy, but he was just like a drone. I don’t want to I don’t want to upset him and I’ll feel Listen to this. But Wow. Wow. Give that kid some milk. Right. So energy. I don’t know what a nice piece of cheese Maybe? Maybe a pretzel. Oh, I would know a pretzel Rufus T. Rufus 6:22 with a pretzel now you’re gonna go a classical with the salt on top of salted pretzels. Are you gonna go with the new kid on the block? But I feel like a strong contender the cinnamon and sugar? Aloysius J. Pig 6:36 That’s an excellent question. Um, for me, you know, it’s the classic that I want savory, or do I want sweet? That’s going to depend on the time of the day. It’s going to be in you know, depending on my my, just my mood in general, what am I having to drink with it? some sort of a beverage. I do know that the cinnamon and sugar is going to wear me out because I’m going to have a sugar rush, obviously. So there’s a lot of bits and pieces variables to consider. But I you know, I think they all have their merits. They have the pros so and they have their cons obviously or not. Rufus T. Rufus 7:10 Here’s my plan. I think we should get together and discuss this. But what we’re going to do is we’re going to have a pretzel meal. We’re also going to start off with the salt pretzle. So big salt in pretzel, you know, you get your meal there. And then for dessert now for dessert, I’m thinking we’re gonna have the cinnamon and sugar pretzel, how about that? Why don’t they promote it this way? Hey, you you want to prep so you can’t decide between this one or that one? We’re gonna give it to you half and a half. We’re gonna give you the salted and then later on, you’re going to come back with the cinnamon and sugar. We’re going to call it a pret a duo of pretzels. duet of breads do i do Aloysius J. Pig 7:52 Oh, do what do what? pretzel two ways? Yeah, I don’t know. But yeah, okay. I was gonna stay here and hang out with Bumpercar because it was kind of worried or whatever. But like now Yeah, let’s let’s pretzel. Rufus T. Rufus 8:04 It is pretzel time. Outro 8:20 The bumper podcast is an oftentimes hilarious weekly romp with Natty Bumpercar and some of his pals. It is family friendly, clean and ridiculous. Thanks a bundle for listening. If you love our show, and you’d like to help support the podcast, check out our Patreon page at https colon forward slash forward slash www.patreon.com forward slash Natty Bumpercar also pretty please subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, share it with everyone everywhere. post about it on all of the social medias or leave a rating and review. The bumper podcast is produced at headquarters in coffee can alley it’s recorded mixed and produced by producer. The bumper podcast features contributions from Aloysius JPG Rufus t Rufus doodle poodle, robot trunks and a gaggle of other silly rascals. Our head talker is probably Natty Bumpercar we also have an absurd newsletter. Check it out and subscribe at Natty Bumpercar comm slash subscribe. Also, you can follow me on instagram and twitter at Natty Bumpercar Hudson hearts See you soon This NonPro 9:42 has been a non productive media presentation executive producer Franco blaue this program and many others like it on the nonproductive now network is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution non commercial no derivatives license please share it but asked before trying to change it or sell it. For more information visit non dashboard diff.com Transcribed by https://otter.ai [/av_toggle] [/av_toggle_container]

September 16, 2021
Bumperpodcast #374 – Nighttime crew

On today’s Bumperpodcast, Natty talks about how nightmares happen because of a lack of a labeling system in your brain. What?!

The Bumperpodcast is an oftentimes hilarious weekly romp around Headquarters, in Coffee-Can Alley, with Natty Bumpercar and his entire gaggle of pals!

You should send us an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com. We’re here and we’re listening!

Go like our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/TheBumperpodcast/)!!

About This Episode

In episode 374, Natty Bumpercar gets candid about exhaustion after one of his four children experiences three nightmares in one night. Drawing from his middle-of-the-night comforting duties at 2:33 AM, Natty develops an elaborate theory about how the brain processes stress through a "day crew" and "night crew" filing system. He proposes that unlabeled emotional folders lead to nightmares, suggesting a color-coded organizational system for feelings to help the night shift brain workers process daily anxieties more effectively. Natty also shares his thoughts on creating helpful daily routines and structures for children while maintaining flexibility for spontaneous fun. This sleepy but thoughtful episode balances humor with genuine parenting wisdom about managing childhood stress and emotions.

Memorable Quotes

“I went to a grocery store and we walked around and we ate samples. I had a little flaky pastry with some cheese in it. They gave me a piece of steak at the sample booth. What kind of magical dreamlike store is this?”
— Natty Bumpercar

“The night crew opens it and they're like whoa whoa whoa we didn't deal with any of that stuff today. Let's just throw it all against the board and see what happens. The dream board as it were.”
— Natty Bumpercar

“You want to have it so it can bend a little bit. Be spontaneous. Go have some fun, loosen up, live a little bit. Within certain boundaries, within certain structures.”
— Natty Bumpercar

Topics: #parenting #nightmares #sleep #anxiety #mentalhealth #dailyroutines #brainscience #emotions

Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

Full Transcript

Natty Bumpercar: well well well if it isn't the bumper pod casketeers my favorite people in the whole wide world hi there guys how's it going it's me natty bumper car and this is the bumper podcast and today we're gonna talk about being tired being so very tired one of my four children had three nightmares last night it was like a christmas carol but in the middle of uh march he had he had one one and he but he couldn't remember his his nightmares have you ever had nightmares before man i have and they can be so scary after he had his nightmares and i finally got to sleep um i didn't have a nightmare but i had a fun dream which is it's weird for me to say it's a fun dream but i went to a grocery store and i had a fun dream and i had a fun dream and grocery store with a couple of friends of mine and we walked around and we ate samples i mean it doesn't sound like a lot of fun i understand that but for me at the moment it seemed like the best kind of fun um i had this i had this a little uh a little pastry a little flaky pastry with some kind of cheese in it oh it was so good i had um a piece of steak they gave me a piece of steak at the sample booth i've never i've never had steak at a sample booth what kind of magical dreamlike store is this i don't know but when i was asking him about his dreams he couldn't remember all he remembered is that he was sad and scared and and it made me sad and so i i came into his bed and uh i i laid down so what we do is because he has you know a tiny little bed is his head's on one end then my head's on the other and then our feet are going in the opposite direction and that's just so we have you know a little bit a little bit of room right to to try to get back to sleep and then i take my my left hand and i kind of laid it down over his uh onto his legs and just kind of patted him just saying it'll be okay buddy it'll be okay it'll be okay and he calmed down and you know before we even he came into the room and got us and uh i gave him a big hug big tight bear and i said are you okay what's the matter are you gonna be you're gonna be okay you know daddy's here mommy's here we're we're here everyone is here and he said okay because he was very tired also it was the middle of the night when this happened and like like 2 33 in the morning that's very very early or late i guess it's it's this is a uh is your glass half full or half empty kind of it was very middle of the night we'll say that and so i got him back into bed and uh he actually he wanted a little a cup of water and then he used the restroom and then we got back into bed and i i patted his legs and i said it's going to be okay it's going to be okay now i have a theory and you can tell me what you think about this theory but i have a theory and my theory is if you're in uh if you have some sort of sort of stress some sort of tumult some sort of uh rough times during the day maybe that sometimes your brain doesn't want to deal with that rough stuff that stress at that moment and so your brain stores it all into a folder back in the back of your brain right into the your storage and then when you lay down the night crew comes in and uh takes over from the day shift they said hey see you later and they're like hey night shift we'll see you later and the night shift comes in and they've got this stack of folders you know from the day they're like okay we got to process all this stuff that happened during the day you know they start going through the folders oh look this we played kickball it's a little let's have a little kickball dream even if it's just a tiny dream oh this folder is very heavy and very dark and very oh well let's open it oh my goodness there's a lot of stress this child was worried about something oh what what in the world maybe it's that you have a test coming up maybe it's that somebody said something mean to you maybe your dog ate your ball or something like that you know all that stuff goes into your folder your sad scared worried angry folder whatever and then when this night crew opens it they're like whoa whoa whoa whoa we didn't deal with any of that stuff today you know what let's just throw it all against the board and see what happens what happens the dream board as it were and then you get to deal with whatever i guess comes from there so your brain hasn't dealt with whatever issues you had during the day you've internalized everything you've taken all your emotions and you've squished them squished them squished them squished them squished them squished them down into you and then at night they're like oh i gotta get out of here and then and then maybe you might you might have little nightmares which is sad right but understandable also you have a lot going on everybody's got a lot going on in their day in their minds not just like the normal stuff but maybe your schedule has been uh shifted around maybe things are a little bit different than they used to be and even just different can be enough to to to make you worried about things or uh to get you anxious or to get you angry and and you know if if you're too tired or whatever to or you're too busy to deal with uh that anxiety that that anxiousness that anger then you it all goes into that folder the night crew doesn't know what to do with it they just open it up and then boom bam boom whatever happens happens right i think that maybe a better way for the day crew to deal with this stuff is to label the folders right and so then the night crew's not coming into this blind the maybe we're gonna have uh you can even color code it right maybe blue for happy uh red for angry yellow for sad uh uh green maybe for worry i don't know purple you know like purple for silly makes sense right uh and then so then you can put all your your thoughts from the day into these folders and so then when they're done they're going to be in the folder the night crew comes along they can they can look at it and they can go okay you know what let's let's this looks like this uh angry folder sad folder is pretty thick tonight let's how about let's work through these other ones we're gonna leave this one here for the uh for the day crew or maybe we'll just take a little bit out of of that one and we can spread it in with the other stuff just to try to minimize the impact of the bad stuff because you know if the folders aren't labeled they don't have any idea what's in them and they're just gonna open it up and then wham bam you got a crazy dream man right which it it's bad because then if you have crazy dreams that keep you up at night then the next day you're tired right and that just means you're almost set up for more rough stuff to happen which is just going to keep filling up that bad folder which is just going to keep on making you anxious and making you worried and making you upset and without some sort of labeling system i'm telling you it's just going to become a spiral it's just going to keep happening it's going to come around going to keep coming around it's like a trolley car here it comes boom here it comes boom here it comes so we need to talk to the manager whoever is managing your brain i'm assuming it's you and we need to figure out uh a way to set up a good system for your uh daily activities your thoughts your feelings your emotions to be more properly labeled so that the night crew isn't coming in blind um and then from there i i can only see good things happening i can only imagine that uh things are gonna get better and better maybe not here's the thing too if we're going to transition to a whole new um system then there's going to be some bumps in the road there's gonna be some confusion there might even be some mislabeling which could lead to just oh who knows like let's let's say you have uh you're really really really really really really really angry about something and that ends up in the pink folder and they open up the pink folder expecting you know what i don't know bubble gum and rainbows and good times and then all of a sudden this angry thing in the oh it's just gonna that's gonna be we're gonna have to write up a report for that okay that's gonna have to be looked at we're gonna have to figure out where where where in the chain of command and here no one's gonna get into trouble because this is a brand new system and we're not the kind of company that's gonna you know point at people and say you did this but we are going to try to figure out how to make it better and how to not have that happen again okay so let's work on that i think it's become very important in my day trying to establish uh structures trying to establish uh a good foundation so like when i we've been putting up uh lists in the house so um when you wake up and there's like a nice piece of paper and it says um uh go potty brush your teeth make your bed right and then you know then go downstairs have some breakfast relax and then we'll start the day right and that even just like adding little things like that little constants are good for your brain because if your brain knows where it has to go it doesn't have to wake up and then think like what am i gonna do now it's like oh i'm just gonna go potty i'm gonna brush my teeth i'm gonna make my bed boom boom boom boom boom and then every day you get into a rhythm and the rhythm and the rhythm and it's gonna make you feel a little bit better i think that's my theory now there's variables right let's say you have uh lunch time on there and then you have go outside and play and it's raining well then we're gonna have to shift gears gotta be flexible too that's the thing when you have a system you don't want it to be a rigid system right a rigid system means it's not flexible you want to have it so that it can bend a little bit so it can so you can do other things too and and that allows you for the freedom to to move around a little bit right to be spontaneous it's spontaneous you know what that means it it means uh hey you're supposed to do this thing hey but do you want to do this thing and you're like yeah i'd love to do that thing you know if it was a rigid system you wouldn't be able to you'd be stuck doing the first thing but if we're a little bit flexible hey be spontaneous go do this other thing that's okay do you do what you want that's go have some fun loosen up live a little bit right within certain boundaries within certain you know structures it's all about structures um what i like about structures is kind of what i was saying it helps me to know what i'm supposed to do and then i can choose if i want to do it or not which is what i think you should do because you're awesome okay

Unknown: you

Podcast: Download | Embed
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | iHeartRadio | RSS | subscribe

March 27, 2020