# 1752 || control the vessel, not the ocean Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/make-your-damn-bed-1372987/1752-control-the-vessel-not-the-ocean Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/make-your-damn-bed-1372987/1752-control-the-vessel-not-the-ocean.md Podcast: [Make Your Damn Bed](https://stenobird.com/podcast/make-your-damn-bed-1372987) Published: 2026-04-27T04:01:00+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/make-your-damn-bed/episodes/1752-control-the-vessel-not-the-ocean Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6152264dc28ad2001383af42/e/69e82780eefc66ef2b5809b7/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/make-your-damn-bed-1372987/episodes/1752-control-the-vessel-not-the-ocean Duration seconds: 592 ## Resource We can control our vessel, not the ocean.  Life’s default state is a little scary. A little insecure. A little worried. A little vulnerable to the elements.  The good news is, those scary vulnerable unavoidable feelings don’t have to be all encompassing and can be made less powerful through direct recognition and balance.  The future is still in progress, so I can and should be doing what I can to make it better and more approachable and more enjoyable and more comfortable and more sustainable but I also should not be wasting my one beautiful and temporary life freaking out about everything that could go wrong.  Read Julie's Medium Blog . Support JULIE (and the show!) Support + get some bonus stuff over on PATREON . Get an occasional personal email from me: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.com Tune in on INSTAGRAM AND YOUTUBE or TIKTOK . Info on War Tax Resistance. Donate to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund and the Sudan Relief Fund The opinions expressed by Julie Merica and Make Your Damn Bed Podcast are intended for entertainment purposes only. Make Your Damn Bed podcast is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.  Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bed . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/make-your-damn-bed-1372987/episodes/1752-control-the-vessel-not-the-ocean/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/make-your-damn-bed-1372987/1752-control-the-vessel-not-the-ocean.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.