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Bumperpodcast #363 – Tips and Tricks

Natty shares some golden parenting advice with the world. Hopefully it isn’t fools gold!

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About This Episode

Natty Bumpercar tackles winter weather woes and parenting challenges in this cozy episode of Bumperpodcast. After shoveling 6.6 inches of snow at 10 PM, Natty reflects on hosting Thanksgiving dinner for 17 people and shares the elaborate menu prepared for guests. The episode takes a heartfelt turn as Natty discusses the importance of verbalizing gratitude at the holiday table and introduces clever parenting techniques for dealing with childhood anxiety and dismissive responses. From sledding preferences to goat impressions, Natty delivers signature humor while exploring the universal struggles of parenting and holiday hosting.

Memorable Quotes

“I love to sit in front of a fireplace in a warm toasty cabin and watch as the beautiful snowflakes flitter and flutter… but then what I do not enjoy is walking in it, touching it, falling in it, getting it thrown at me, shoveling it.”
— Natty Bumpercar

“I think it's very important to verbalize what you're thankful for. Maybe just saying it makes it more real in my world.”
— Natty Bumpercar

“My kid eats like a goat. He'll eat trash. Wait a minute. My kid is a kid. I was so happy because I never thought of that.”
— Natty Bumpercar

Topics: #winter #snow #thanksgiving #parenting #gratitude #family #cooking #mentalhealth

Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

Full Transcript

Natty Bumpercar: oh the weather outside is frightful but the wait that seems like a song I should know oh the weather outside is frightful but the something is so delightful so delightful hey guys it's me natty bumper car and it's it's snowed it's it's snowed why did it snow I uh don't know if you know this about me not a fan of snow I love to look at it I think it's beautiful I love to sit in front of a fireplace in a warm toasty cabin and watch as the beautiful snowflakes flitter and flutter all around the world and then they land and they look so pretty and they they uh they make the whole uh the world just look like a like a crystal castle no they make the world look like a fluffy powdered donut and better better uh but then what I do not enjoy is uh walking in it touching it falling in it getting it thrown at me shoveling it none of that stuff do I enjoy I kind of like sledding if I'm to be honest uh I uh do not like tubing tubing is where you go to a mountain you pay people money to uh go to the top slide down go to the top slide down go to the top slide down and you're like wait a minute natty that sounds like a lot like sledding and I'm like yeah there's so much more you have to pay money and then you have to wait in line and I don't know I like finding a hill finding a pizza box and just sitting on it and slide down here's the thing pizza boxes don't work I don't I've seen people like I use a cardboard to bog it I'm like nope nope that's just gonna get soggy and wet and fall apart what about if you uh hey I use a uh the lid for my trash can do you okay that sounds like a great idea you want to sit in trash can lid ah no thank you what about uh oh you know what here's my favorite actually as uh when mice sit on spoons and they can uh hold the uh the handle of the spoon and slide down that's that's my favorite that's my favorite right there I uh so we we did get we got 6.6 inches of snow I was just told which is a lot of snow and it uh it's one of those things where because we have to shovel the driveway and you have to shovel the walkway and you don't want to do it while it's still snowing because then it's just gonna snow on it again and then you're gonna do it all again no thank you so I waited I didn't shovel last night until 10 o'clock that's late and then I was trying to be a conscientious shoveler and not be loud about it so it's like I don't want this scraping noise to keep the neighbors up and so I tried to to not do that and then I woke up this morning there's more snow are you kidding me let's get on the schedule let's get on the same page all right okay man I listened to the last episode of the bumper podcast which I apologize was like last year and uh my voice was pretty amazing I even I was trying to figure out how to do it and I it's not I think I must have been sick I guess I don't know something something was going on something was in the air something was in the water I'll have what she's having I um so I have to uh the kitties or the kitties were home yesterday oh guys happy Thanksgiving did you did you give thanks can I tell you my menu I made so much food what did you make all the food all the food yes all the food ginger orange honey glazed carrots yeah I made those truffle oil uh caper lemon uh what are they called cauliflower with Parmesan oh yeah I did that Brussels sprouts with bacon and balsamic vinegar yeah I did that too there's a lot of food a lot of food delicious food we had a 17 people over and I was it was just a wonderful day it was a wonderful day y'all here's the thing that I like to do because we we host Thanksgiving every year and once the meal is out and everyone is is you know making their plates I'm the one who uh goes around the table and I force people to uh to say what they're thankful for what they're grateful for and people really get a poo-poo it they're like oh I don't want to do this but here's the thing I think it's very important I think it's it's it's very important to verbalize what you're thankful for you can you can say oh in my head I'm thankful for these things I'm thankful for the person next to you and maybe they don't get to hear it enough right maybe maybe just saying it makes it more real in my world that's what I think so we go around the table and I say you know uh what are you thankful for and then I may may I may even pepper with a couple of follow-up questions I think that's a good thing to do too I think the art of conversation is is dwindling which makes me sad but that's okay we just have to keep working at it um speaking of conversation here's a cool thing that we started doing in my house uh one of my children who shall remain nameless uh if if you say for instance uh hey buddy uh don't hit your brother because that does happen I'm not gonna lie to you hey buddy don't hit your brother the response is fine it's an angry fine you know what that means nothing fine it's a dismissive it's a knee-jerk reaction it's the first thing there fine and you're like oh no and so for years we've lived with fine and we uh and I would get really frustrated with fine and I would say don't say fine to me that doesn't mean anything that means you're just you're not even listening to what I'm asking you to do and so then I finally I came upon a really cool way of dealing with fine and that is if I say hey buddy stop hitting your brother and he says fine I say no I need you to repeat to me what I just said to you so it's kind of the same way as the thankful stuff where it's forcing him to stop and verbalize what I just asked him to do which in theory this is a theory I don't know if it's real uh make it stick a little bit better. Hey, buddy, don't do that thing. I'm not going to do that thing. Awesome, buddy. Thank you so much as you were. We've only had it for like two days, but it's so far. Fingers are crossed. It's working out. Here's another cool trick. Sometimes in my house, there's a lot of dysregulation, a lot of anxiety that goes on, which sometimes leads to unhappiness, explosions as they were. And so one of the ways that we figured out how to help with those moments of anxiety was to get the kid and you say, hey, buddy, I need you to look around the room and find five things that are orange. And he will do that, but he will go that, that, that, that, that. And you're like, nope, nope, nope. I need specifics. That orange ball, the orange dot on the clock, the orange handle of that spoon, whatever it is. Actually, orange is tough. We don't have a lot of orange things in my house, to be honest. I should have gone with red. We have a lot of red things. But it's cool because, in theory, it helps him to get out of whatever's going on in his mind and look around and focus on other things. And so it's kind of two cool techniques that we've started trying to use in the house to help things along a little bit. Now, if only we could find a way to help the puppy dog, because she won't look at anything. Hey, popcorn. Stop eating those socks. Fine. Don't say fine to me. Woof. Don't say woof to me. Say I'm not going to eat the socks. Popcorn, calm down. I need you to find three things that are blue. Woof. No, be more specific. Woof, woof. All right. Good job. I had a show the other week, and I was talking about my kids, and I was talking about how, their poor diet and how they kind of eat garbage. And I was like, ah, they're trying to get my kid to eat good food, and he just wants to eat chips. Chips all the time. He got really upset. He says, hey, I have the worst life ever because you won't let me eat chips. And I was like, that's not, that is not grounds for having the worst life ever. You have a great life. And so I was on stage, and I was talking about, I was relaying this story, and I said, ah, my kid eats like a goat. He'll eat trash. He eats garbage. Wait a minute. My kid is a kid. I was so happy because I never thought of that. And then I was just like, ah, my kid is a kid. And I went, like that, like a goat. And then I was like, ah, don't talk to your mom like that. Ah. Ah. Ah. Weird goat noises I'm making. I usually do better goat.

Unknown: Ah. Ah. Ah.

Natty Bumpercar: There we go. Ah.

Unknown: Ah.

Natty Bumpercar: Ah. Ah. Clean up your room. Ah. Ah. Put away your iPad. Ah. Ah. Find, find three things in the room that are yellow.

Unknown: Ah.

Natty Bumpercar: Ah. Man. What's tougher to raise? Human children or goat kids? I don't know. I don't know. I'm going to go think about it. Maybe come up with another weird solution. Hey, Bumper Podcast, I love you guys. I'm glad I have my voice back. I'm glad I'm feeling top notch. You're amazing. So amazing.

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December 3, 2019
Bumperpodcast #332 – Rubberband

This thing happened, and that thing happened – and I think that maybe something else might’ve happened as well. I’m not entirely sure. But – what I am sure about is that you are awesome – and that I appreciate you listening. Hooray for you!!

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

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About This Episode

In this heartfelt episode, host Natty Bumpercar returns after a two-week hiatus to explain where he's been—busy recording episodes of other podcasts including The Dumb Fellas, Girls Gone Green, and The Decomposition Podcast, where he discussed Digital Underground's "The Humpty Dance." Natty reflects on his birthday comedy show at Tyranny's Tavern, where he closed (but not headlined) with a 25-minute set, while dealing with brain-fracturing overstimulation from too many simultaneous responsibilities. He opens up about creative challenges, particularly a deadline to write a children's book by September after being encouraged by fellow podcasters. The episode takes a vulnerable turn as Natty uses the metaphor of a rubber band to describe mental stress and resilience, reminding listeners to take care of their own emotional elasticity.

Memorable Quotes

“If someone in your life has a birthday make a big deal… it's downright mean to not do anything about it.”

— Natty Bumpercar

“I'm like a dinner plate—I want my peas over here, potatoes over here, and I want my salad in another bowl because salad goes crazy when it's on a plate.”

— Natty Bumpercar

“My brain is like a rubber band… every time there's a stress my rubber band gets really snapped and it's starting to lose some of its elasticity.”

— Natty Bumpercar

Topics: #podcasting #comedy #birthdays #creativewriting #mentalhealth #stressmanagement #children'sbooks #standupcomedy

Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

Full Transcript

Natty Bumpercar: ah it's been i just looked at my calendar and it has been two weeks two weeks since i sent out a bumper podcast i am so sorry here in the middle of summer you're just sitting there at the beach like what am i doing with myself there's nothing to listen to well i'm back and i apologize and how does that happen well how you know because like i like to record the bumper podcast and it's one of my favorite things to do and then i realized what happened was in the last couple of weeks i recorded a lot of other people's podcasts i did um a couple of episodes of the dumb fellas which is one of my my podcasts with my pals that is not as sweet and family-friendly as this podcast just as a warning uh and then i recorded two episodes of another podcast called girls gone green and that's with two amazing comedians tracy lot and donna v and that was a really big blast it was so much fun it was so nice to hang out with them and then i recorded one more podcast with uh what is it called the decomposition podcast and that's a cool podcast where they take a song and so it's supposed to be like a um a guilty pleasure kind of bad song so bad that it's good type of thing but we did an amazing song we did a phenomenal song we did a song called the humpty dance by the digital underground yeah you know what i'm talking about amazing and we recorded it this week and at the end of it they were just like that was the longest episode we've ever done because you know what bumper car likes to talk and especially i had notes i had five whole pages of notes because i was so excited about doing this song and i went down this cool rabbit hole where i was like where does this come from who said that what's the etymology of this thing so it was a blast but anyway i apologize that i haven't been talking to you from here but i've been talking to you from a lot of other places so hi how have you been me i'm great it's august ah it might be august 2nd i have no idea how did that happen where did my summer go well let me tell you something really cool that happened that i don't think i told you about and in the last few weeks i've been talking to you about this thing called the humpty dance episode was me um lamenting about my birthday and the lack thereof hey people let's just i want to you know put this point to you again if someone in your life has a birthday make a big you don't have to make the huge deal out of it you don't have to get a blimp you don't have to get a clown with flowers to come to the door whatever but like make a deal of it it's it's it's important it's very important and it's it's downright mean to not do anything about it anyway and if someone says hey you don't have to do anything for my birthday that doesn't mean don't do anything that means you don't have to go you know buy me some extravagant thing or go you know really put yourself out but you know what you still do you still acknowledge it anyway so i had a birthday show i had a show where i got to close at tyranny's tavern which is where i am most of the time and i had a birthday show where i got to sunday nights it's where i've been doing comedy for pretty much eight years and if i'm not there hosting i'm on the show and on whatever day it was i actually got to close the show now here's an important distinction if you do stand-up comedy i was the last one on the show some people would be like oh you headlined the show no i am not a headliner yet i understand that and i appreciate that in the pecking order of comedy headliner is a very important distinction and i don't really know when that gets bestowed upon you but i know that i'm not there yet i know i have years to go before i'll be a headliner and i'm fine with that but i did close the show which means i got to do a nice 25 minutes at the end of the show and i had a blast now i also tried to do a little bit too much that night i tried to take on too much uh we recorded we got there at like five o'clock set the room up and then recorded two episodes of the dumb fellas and um then from there finished setting the room up and then had to uh you know kind of just deal with the uh the the production of the show basically and um i wish you know that i could have just been hanging out in a room and having sips of uh tea or whatever but i think my brain got kind of overwhelmed and i was like oh my god i'm not there yet i'm not there yet i'm not overwhelmed and so a weird thing happened where i was super excited about this night i was super super super excited about it and then my brain got so wrapped up in doing so much other stuff that i mean i enjoyed it i had a blast i had a lot of fun but i think that there was definitely a division between the fun and my brain that it wasn't just like i'm just having fun it was like i have to do these things these things are going to be fun i'm just having fun i'm just having fun they're important and i had friends that came to the show and which is great and stupendous but that also kind of puts my brain over here a little bit because then i you know i want to talk to them and i want to see them and i want to thank them for coming out and i want to hang out and then like a lot of comedians came out it was so amazingly sweet that all these people came out to support me which is so nice and so i felt you know like uh not obliged but i felt like you know i wanted to talk to them too like i honestly wanted to talk to them and i wanted to say hi and i wanted to give hugs and hang out and everything but um in the end too i really wanted to focus on the night so did you ever do that do you ever have that problem where there's just so much going on so much stimulus so much happening that like my brain gets fractured is what i like to say and i feel like the older that i get the more fractured my brain gets i do a thing where i compartmentalize what does that mean that's how i'm able to have a nine to five job where i have to go to an office and be office bumper car and then i'm the dad and so i'm dad bumper car and then i'm the comedian so i'm comedian bumper car and then i do this podcast so i'm bumper podcast bumper car and then i do the dumbfellas so i'm dumbfellas bumper car and you know it's just on and on and on and on and i'm kind of like a uh if you give me a dinner plate i want my peas over here i want my potatoes over here and i want my chicken over here and i want my salad probably in another bowl because salad goes crazy when it's on a plate and it's going to start touching everything and i would rather you not salad i'm also going to want maybe a little plate for my roll because i don't want the roll to get in with all that pea you know juice i don't want it to get potatoes on it you know i want my roll to be pristine so what i'm saying is i like things and then when things start to mix together it kind of my brain gets kind of confused and kind of conflation wait conflated at the conflation no exasperated at the conflation that's what i'm trying to say and um that happened a little bit that night and i'm trying to think of other like it's just been so busy but it was a fun night and everyone seemed like they had a blast and like it was just one of those nights where like there were so many of my friends there and everyone was having good good sets like they were up there telling their jokes and like people seemed to enjoy them and they were having fun and they were connecting with a crowd and so like it was really it was it was amazing and um on on top of that so then we move away from that so we did that show um i get to go do a show in the city tomorrow which is exciting because i love going to the city to tell jokes i don't get to do it nearly enough and that's fine and that's fine uh and then i've just i've got a lot of shows coming up which is fun and it makes me so happy uh i'm also so on the girls gone green podcast they were like why don't you make books why aren't you making kids books this seems like something you should be doing all the time and they're not the first people to tell me that like they there's it's been kind of a drum beat in my head that happens constantly hey why aren't you making books you should be making books do you make books why aren't you making books you should be making books i'm just like i know i've written some books and i actually sent some books to a friend of mine who is a writer and she's like hey here's some notes and so like i have to go through those notes now which is nice but i don't know if i'm afraid of making books because but what normally how when i make things i'm very intuitive so what that means is i just kind of go off of my whatever however my brain feels it's like i'm gonna do this and then i do it and then it's done but then a weird thing happens if i start getting feedback or if i start getting like input then my brain doesn't always know how to deal with that stuff and so how to parse like whatever information people are giving me and so i get kind of wonky nervous whatever and then it kind of shuts down and then i move on to something else i'm like come on brain let's finish these things like if you have a like i do a lot of work and then i'll just drop and i'll move to the next and that's not a good way to do things right if you got to stick with things all the way through to the end and then learn from whatever you did and if you made mistakes learn from the mistakes and if you did it super perfect right then good for you you did it super perfect right right right so on the girls gone green they were asking me all about the books and they challenged me and i don't remember the exact date but it's like september 17th or september 25th or something like that uh they were like well the next time i'm gonna do this i'm gonna do this and i'm gonna do this and you come in you're gonna have a book written and i was like oh okay right and now we're at august so we're a month a half month and a half away and i i don't know what to do i don't know what to write like and so then you give me like this deadline and then like writer's block starts to kick in and i'm like come on and then there's been other stuff there's been life stuff life stuff that i don't even want to talk about miserable life stuff that that has taken over me and i've been in my brain and taken some of my focus but it's good it's fun I like having this deadline because it gives me something to work towards so fingers crossed that I will I will keep you guys posted on how things are going with book what book is it I don't know I have some books written but I want to think what I want to do something different for this right maybe anyway back to the stresses of life have you guys been stressed it's summer why why have you been stressed you shouldn't it's a beautiful world out there me I have and I can't really talk about this stuff but it's okay I'm okay I'm all right right right but sometimes I do feel like so here's my analogy my analogy is that my brain is like a rubber band right here's your brain and it's not just your brain this is your entire being you're a rubber band so that means pliable you have to be pliable in this world right so you have to have a little bit of give a little bit of rubber bound rubber band bounce right but I feel like every time there's a stress or there's a trauma my rubber band gets really snapped really pulled a lot and it's to the point where in a way my rubber band is starting to lose some of its elasticity and it's it's not bouncing back as much as it used to and I'm caught up in a lot of this stuff and I'm like oh my god I'm gonna have to do something about this I understand what's happening but what I have to do it's good that I acknowledge that but then I have to figure out how do I make my rubber band band stop snapping how do I because I don't want my rubber band to break because I don't know what happens then right and and I appreciate you guys because you're amazing and I hope you love the bumper podcast and I've missed you and take care of your rubber bands people

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August 2, 2018
Bumperpodcast #317 – Saddy Bumpercar

Here it is – the new podcast that everyone is talking about. The Bumperpodcast is an oftentimes hilarious weekly romp around Headquarters, in Coffee-Can Alley, with Natty Bumpercar and his entire gaggle of pals!

Natty is quite sad today, and can’t quite put a finger on what has him down. Luckily, Pig steps in to offer some nice advice, and to pick Natty’s spirits up a bit – all on today’s episode of the Bumperpodcast!

If you’re ever sad, or need a pig’s shoulder to sniffle on, don’t hesitate to send us an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com, or to call in and leave a message – 646.847.7976. We’re here to help, and stuff.

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About This Episode

In this heartfelt episode of Bumperpodcast, Natty Bumpercar opens up about feeling overwhelmed and sad, departing from the show's typical comedic tone. Aloysious J. Pig offers compassionate advice, discussing the importance of perspective, breathing exercises, and reaching out to friends when struggling. Natty shares his "balloon" analogy for emotional states, while Pig emphasizes how talking through feelings can lighten emotional burdens. The episode concludes with both characters encouraging listeners to be kind to others and seek support when needed. This touching conversation demonstrates that even comedy podcasts can address mental health and emotional wellbeing with warmth and sincerity.

Memorable Quotes

“Most days I feel like a balloon that's full of helium and I can float around the world. Some days the helium wears out and I feel deflated and I'm getting trampled on and kicked around.”

— Natty Bumpercar

“You can't let it just sit inside of you. You got to reach out to people and talk. Talking, talking, talking, get it out of you.”

— Aloysious J. Pig

“The nicer you are to people, the better you're going to feel. You put that in your nice bank and you carry it around.”

— Aloysious J. Pig

Topics: #mentalhealth #sadness #friendship #perspective #kindness #emotionalsupport #copingstrategies #positivity

Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

Full Transcript

Natty Bumpercar: um i'm i'm sad i'm i'm really sad uh hey hey bumsy what's good what's going on you sound pretty down yeah i'm i don't know i'm just kind of sad today i woke up and i think there's just a lot going on in the world and just a lot going on and i think sometimes i get overwhelmed and sometimes i get kind of sad and it's not a good feeling and and i i don't i don't like it very much i like being happy i think i wish i was happy right now but but right now i just i'm pretty sad yeah well you know it's okay buddy i think people you get sad sometimes you know maybe you you you slept kind of wrong or well you know was there anything in particular that happened that made you sad or was it just kind of a a general uh general malaise i don't i don't think it's any one thing in particular um i think it's just uh everything on top of everything on top of everything you know yes everything is what you're saying yeah yeah it's fine buddy you're okay i don't know it's it's everything yeah i i feel i wish i i wish people were nice to each other and i wish that people were nice to each other all the time even though i understand they can't be nice to each other all the time and i wish that people helped each other and worked with each other and it would make the world a better place i think yeah well i mean of course it would listen my my philosophy as a pig is that the world's a very difficult place you wake up in the morning maybe you're you're you you got sore bones from how you slept you so you're starting your day off it's kind of rough then you're rushing from here today maybe you're going to a job you don't necessarily love all that much maybe you know for your instance maybe one of your kids did something kind of crazy i don't know maybe uh yeah maybe irving brown socks decided to go to a job and i'm like oh my god i don't know if i'm going to be able to use the basement for uh for a bathroom which it's not it's a basement there ain't no bathroom down there yeah uh you know there's i don't know it's just uh there's a lot of things that's what you're saying right you keep saying a lot of things everything everything it's it's understandable the world it there's a lot going on the world yeah and you know you you you just get sad it's tough to navigate yeah and some days you just ain't got the you ain't the hotspot to put to put into it you know yeah i feel like a um okay most days i feel like a balloon that's full of helium right that's the stuff that makes it float and i can uh i can float around the world and i can you know have fun and i'll let the wind i let the wind take me to wherever it wants to go and i kind of roll with that and i go with that within the structure of normal everyday life then some days i guess either the helium wears out or the air in me it leaves me and i feel deflated uh and then i'm kind of closer to the ground and i'm getting trampled on and kicked around and pushed around and then some days it's even worse where you know there's prickly things and you float into a prickly thing it's a prickly thing and um it actually pokes you and then it lets your air out and life's i don't know it's this i feel like i've come up with a pretty good analogy i'm like a little balloon and right now i feel like all my all my helium is gone and and i'm stuck on a prickly plant and then there's also uh darts being thrown at me there's just dots from every angle um yeah well it's a lot and you know don't get me wrong i i have a great life you do i have a wonderful life you do it's it's just sometimes it's just too much when things are out of your control and you you you wanna you i want the best for everything yeah yeah and uh of course you do because you're a good guy right you know i don't know oh buddy listen when i when i when i get sad When I get a case of the Seds, when I'm carrying around in my luggage a suitcase full of Seds stuff, what I like to do is either I open my eyes and I look at the skies and I think of all the wonderful things in the world. And I think of people and I think of my friends like you. And I think of relationships I have with all kinds of people. And I think, you know, you go out, you make people happy. You tell jokes and people laugh and they feel a little bit better, right? Not all the time, but sometimes, yeah. Yeah, well, sometimes. Sometimes it don't work out. That's understandable. But here's the thing. You got to look around the world, right? You can't pull into yourself. No, no, I know. Although sometimes I do. I close my eyes and I take a deep breath. Okay. And I do that, you know, a few times and I just… Like deep breathing? You're just breathing? Kind of center myself. Oh, okay. And I'm like, okay. Yeah. It's not that bad. Yeah. Right? You know, right when things are happening, they feel worse. But if you get a little perspective… Perspective? If you're able to like, just again, you take a deep breath. Yeah. And you just let it flow off of you. The bad stuff? And you take a step away and you look over at it and you think, man, that don't feel good, that thing. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know, what can I do to make it not feel as bad? You know, what can I do to that thing that's over there that's affecting me, that's making me not feel great? Yeah. To make it make me feel less bad. Okay. And here's the thing. Yeah. Sometimes it's out of your control. And so what you got to do is you got to… You got to be like, all right, I'm going to help it as much as I can, but I'm not going to negatively impact myself, right? Yeah, that makes sense. Right? Yeah. And I'm going to just have to step away. Yeah. And I'm going to have to like, just let go a little bit. Let go. Because you can't get too invested in things. No. Even if you are, even if you have to be. But sometimes you have to be, yeah. To the point where you're hurting yourself by making yourself feel bad, right? Yeah. It's like I'm speaking some real knowledge here. You really are. And Pig, I got to say, and listen, Bumper Podcast, I apologize. This isn't a super funny episode. It's not a fun episode. But, you know, people see me and they're like, oh, Natty Bumpercar, you're always happy. You're always so chipper. And it's, you know, for the most part I am. But sometimes I do, I do get sad. And most of the times what I like to say is I like to be like a goose. And I like to let things, bad things hit me. And then just roll off of my feathers. Just like the rain rolls off of a goose. But sometimes things stick. And the problem is, is when things do stick, then the more stuck, the more bad stuff that is stuck on your feathers, the easier it is for bad stuff to get stuck on your feathers. So the second that you let something just get on you, then more stuff is going to pile on and pile on and pile on. So if you ever feel sad. You know, I think Pig had great advice. You have to just either go within yourself and take a deep breath and just realize that you're a good person. And, you know, you don't have control of everything in the world. And you just breathe and you just push that stuff out. Or you open your eyes and then you take a look around the world and you think of all the good things in the world. And then maybe that won't make you feel sad anymore. Yeah. You know, like I think you said. I said perspective. You got to have perspective. And perspective, what that means, if there's any kids listening, is it's just how you look at things. And how you look at things and the way you look at things will sometimes change how you view things, how you see things, how you interact with things. Right? And so that's a good thing. So it helps you if you're having trouble. To look at things from a different angle because then maybe you'll figure a way to solve it or at least figure out a way to feel a little bit better about it. I feel like even I mean so and just talk to people talk like me talking to pig right now has made me feel so much better. Like we I don't even have to talk about specific things that are bothering me. Just talking just it gets it off your chest. It gets takes the weight off of your shoulders. It just it because it again. It that helps you to remove yourself from it and and sometimes that's all it takes and and so thanks pig and thank you bumper podcast and if you're ever sad, please let me know reach out to me reach out to somebody who can help you because there's people in the world who want to help you and who want to make you feel better and hopefully I'm one of those people and this show does that for you because you do it for me and high fives hugs and hearts. You're the best and thank you guys so much. Yeah, right. I mean, here's the thing talking what he just said. It's the best thing ever. He's got to reach out to people people. You ain't talked to in a long time and maybe if you have guilt about something you talk to somebody about it. It helps you just talking talking talking get it out of you. You can't let it just sit inside of you. I mean bumps. We didn't talk about me today, but I know I'm actually pretty happy today. You are pretty pretty happy. Can I tell you why? Yeah, please. Because that's the other thing is me talking to you and you being happy makes me happy because you're happy. So you see how that works out. You're taking me out of my sadness so that you can talk about what makes you happy. Tell me tell me tell me pig. Why in the world are you happy? Because I want to know well, I'm happy because I happen to come by the studio today and I found my friend Natty bumper car who is very upset and you sounded like he was going to cry. And you're not going to cry now. I don't think maybe you are and I was able to talk to you and say some words and make you feel better. So it's that's why I'm having such a good day because I had a positive impact on my friend today. And right now I'm having a positive impact on you and you and you and you and you everybody on the bumper podcast get tears. So again, that's what you do. You get yourself a friend you talk to that friend. You feel a little bit better and your friend feels better and then it grows and it grows and it grows and it grows and it grows until everyone in the world feels better. So go go smile at somebody today. Go go say thank you to somebody go do something nice because the nicer you are to people the better you're going to feel. That's what I'm saying. Well, I think you're right and I think you cover a lot of ground today pig and I can't thank you enough. Yeah, go be nice to people the nicer you are to people the better you're going to feel. Even if they're not nice in return don't matter because you were nice to them. And so you put that in your nice Bank and you carry it around and then your nice Bank gets more and more full of nice and then you feel a little bit better. And then sometimes you feel sad and that's fine because then you go and talk about it and then you feel better go feel better bumper podcast because here the best.

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March 9, 2018