I used to not believe in making the bed in the morning. “Why make the bed?!” I would proclaim in my adolescence. “Why make the bed?!” I would mutter while dashing to work in my early career. I would return home frazzled from an action packed day in each phase of my life to a messy bed and a bedroom that never really quite felt zen.
I carried on this way for years. Until I met a guy who eventually ended up moving in with me who made the bed every morning. Like clockwork. And lo and behold. The entire bedroom suddenly felt lighter… I had that same zen sensation that I felt when entering my hotel room after housekeeping had made a visit. I highly encourage everyone to take the 30 seconds each day to make your bed in the morning. And here is why:
1. Your room will look 10x better even if the entire floor is covered in clutter. Seriously. Give it a try. A made bed makes it better.
2. You can slide into the covers and feel that “ahhhh” sensation instead of frustration and fumbling for the sheets under the bedspread.
3. That clean hotel room feeling is totes amaze.
4. You will feel like a grown up. Once after the deed is done in the morning, and again every time you walk by the room and see a nice neat bed.
5. You will know if you are missing that one sock because it was hiding underneath the comforter.
6. You can now put all kinds of stuff that formerly was on the floor, on the couch or some other random place and put it ON THE BED so you can deal with it later. Say…clean laundry that needs to be folded.
7. You now have a nice surface to lounge on even if you’re not asleep. Curling up with your laptop watch a movie? Sure… I have a made bed.
Not convinced? Just try it for a week. Let me know how it goes 😉
