Let me begin by saying the title may be a bit of an exaggeration. However, that doesn’t mean that making your bed every morning isn’t important. You’re probably thinking, “what’s the big deal about making my bed?” The benefits of making your bed every day may seem small, but the impact on your quality of life can be huge. In fact, one of the top life hacks used by Navy SEALs (that most people probably don’t know).
Making one simple change to your routine each and every morning can have a dramatic impact on improving your success in all areas life. Here are the top 5 reasons why making your bed is important:
Productivity
Achieve the first goal of the day, make your bed.
According to a study by The Journal of the American Medical Association, people who start each day with an activity that helps them feel in control are less likely to develop depression than those who don’t, mad right?
The first action of the morning sets the tone for the rest of the day. You’ve started off with an accomplishment and now you’re ready for whatever else comes your way! You also get an instant mood boost from knowing that there’s one less thing on your plate at the moment — which makes everything else seem less daunting or stressful, too.
Improve sleep
We all know the importance of sleep. It’s why we have alarm clocks. We also know that getting too little sleep can be detrimental to our health and wellbeing. But what if there was a way you could improve your sleep without doing anything else? It turns out that there is.
The secret? You guessed it..making your bed every morning.
Making your bed every morning doesn’t only mean tucking in the sheets and pulling up the quilt – it means making sure everything is in order, so when you wake up again, there’s no need for any kind of fumbling around or rushing around trying to get ready quickly before work.
According to a study in the journal Sleep and Breathing, making your bed in the morning can improve your sleep. The study found that people who made their beds had better quality sleep than those who didn’t. The reason is simple: The act of making your bed forces you to slow down, focus on the present moment, and get organised. That’s why people who make their beds have better sleep quality.
In addition, when you have a messy room it’s easy to procrastinate cleaning up because you don’t want to deal with all the clutter. But when you make your bed first thing in the morning, it gives you the motivation needed to organise other aspects of your day to day.
Help Yourself Wake Up
Give yourself a boost of energy and improve your mood throughout the day.
It will help you wake up faster in the morning. Even though you may not have time for a full 20-minute shower every morning, taking just five minutes to make your bed will get your blood flowing and help wake you up faster after hitting the snooze button too many times.
Furthermore, it’s a simple way to start each day feeling accomplished and organised. It sets a tone for the rest of your morning routine, and can even provide a small boost of motivation when you’re feeling tired or lazy. The reason it works has to do with what psychologists call “implementation intentions.” Implementation intentions are one of the biggest discoveries in psychology over the last twenty years. They’ve been found to be effective in everything from quitting smoking to getting people to save more money for retirement — even when they don’t realize they’re using them!
Save Time
Making your bed saves cleaning time.This is something I’ve heard for years, but I never really understood how it could be true. The idea was so counterintuitive! Why would making the bed save you time?
It’s because when you make your bed, you are doing something productive. You’re not just lying around in bed; you’re making your home a little bit more beautiful and inviting. You’re also making yourself feel better about yourself and your life.
The next time you wake up late and run out of time to clean up, don’t beat yourself up over it.
Make your bed instead or just let Easy Clean do it! It’s easy enough that even if you’re running late, you can still do it without feeling like you’re wasting time. And once it’s done, all those messy clothes will disappear from sight, leaving only a neat-looking room behind them.
Make Your Bedroom Inviting
But there’s another benefit that you may not have considered: coming home to an inviting bedroom after a long hard day at work. We spend a lot of time in our bedrooms, but we don’t often think about how we want them to look and feel. We just plop down on our beds and stare at the ceiling until we fall asleep.
But if you make your bed every morning, it will instantly make your room more welcoming when you come home from work or school each day. Once you see how much better it makes your space look, it will become second nature to do it every day.
You’ve made your bed, now lie in it!
Making your bed is not the most glamorous of habits, but it’s easy to do, does not cost a lot of money, and has many positive benefits. The fact that you are more likely to have a productive and happy day if you make your bed every morning is just a bonus.
