Confucius Say: Make Your Bed

I don't make my bed. Scratch that. I didn't make my bed, until recently.

When I was growing up my mom would remember rather sporadically that we were "supposed" to make our beds.  I was usually in the middle of something extremely pressing like hovering over my boom box trying to tape a song from the radio while simultaneously chatting with a friend on the phone, in the bathroom (for privacy), while my brother Paul pulled on the phone cord stretching along the wall from the kitchen to annoy me.  Pressing stuff!  Through the door I would hear my mom ranting and raving about the state of everyone's duvet and I would begrudgingly respond with a sigh, an eye roll (safely behind the bathroom door), rush to my room and quickly flatten the sheets and straighten pillows.  Trust me, there was never any military precision on these missions.

As a parent I have never enforced bed making.  It is an example of a task on my ever expanding list of Taylor-doesn't-want-to-sweat-the-small-stuff-because-if-she-does-she-will-go-crazy-and-take-everyone-with-her.  Evan still uses toddler-sized blankets and they blend well with the pile of stuffed animals and pillow pets.  Making the bed would disrupt the animals.  Why disrupt animals?  Julian has a loft bed and making the bed is a true lesson in futility, not to mention, as soon as I start to climb the stairs to take a look I am afraid they're going to split in half below me.  My teenage son Jordan is the only one who makes his bed and I say all the power to him!

Strangely, after all of these years I, me, myself finally started making my bed.  Honestly, for three reasons. 

1. If the bed is made I won't lay down for a rest during the day and mess it up.  Of course, this only works if you are the type of person who likes to get comfy under the covers.  I am that person. Not to mention you can still rest - but I choose not to.
2. I genuinely feel like I have accomplished something on my to-do list as soon as I wake up.  No matter who you are, your list is long - and when the list is long, you need as many <checks> as you can get.
3. There is one thing organized in my house at all times!  Woot!

Observation: Try it on for size, I guarantee it will help to kick-start your mood on a daily basis.  If not, at least you tried!