Beyond that, however, there are some surprising benefits to making your bed each day.
Fun Fact
Your bed-making habits reveal a lot about your personality.
According to a poll commissioned by Sleepopolis, who make their beds aremorning people.
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If you don’t like to make your bed, you’re likely a night owl.
In a2014 commencement speechat the University of Texas at Austin, Admiral McRaven shared his thoughts on the matter.
If you make your bed every morning, you will have accomplished the first task of the day.
“By the end of the day, that one task completed will have turned into many tasks completed.
Making your bed will also reinforce the fact that little things in life matter.
Tip
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From tiny beginnings, great things grow.
Maybe next, you’ll tackle the closet.
Keep a deep, wide storage basket next to your bed to place smaller accent pillows during the night.
You’ll have easy access to grab them and put them back on your made bed in the morning.
“Pretty impressive results, simply for taking a minute or two to pull up the sheets and comforter.
your room look super tidy.
Look for themost luxurious to the most lightweight setsfor your comfort.
Its hard to feel calm, relaxed, competent, and grounded when you are surrounded by disorganization.
It even makes you feel happier, according toGretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project.
(Well, there is eating a chocolate bar.
But there’s no guilt involved with making your bed.)
Now imagine that same hotel room, but with an unmade, rumpled bed.
You’d probably recoil and call housekeeping right away.
Would you still want to slide between those sheets?
So take those couple of minutes each morning to make your bed.
It just might improve your entire life!
Happy National Make Your Bed Day!
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Duhigg, Charles.The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business.Doubleday Canada, 2012
