• Aug. 3, 2009
Making my bed

I have never been a bed maker.  I am sorry if that shocks anyone.  I really don't like making my bed.  To me it seems pointless, as the old cliche goes, "I am just going to sleep in it again, why make it up."  Seriously, if no one is going to see it, what is the point?

I think I have figured out the point. 

About 3 weeks ago I got on an organizational kick.  It started in the school room and just kind of spread.  (I don't get these kind of fits regularly so I thought I'd better go with it.)   I went through and organized the whole house, including.....,our room!  Our room is always the last to get cleaned.  It is generally the dumping ground for whatever doesn't have a home.  If company is coming stuff gets dumped in our room and the door gets shut.

Well, after my organizational fit, everything had a place.  There was no more need to dump things in my room, and it was clean!  So, without giving it much thought I decided to make my bed, every morning, whether I wanted to or not.  I still don't like making the bed, but I discovered something shocking.  I like the way it looks when it is made.  And when the king size square in the middle of the room looks neat, it is more compelling to keep the rest of the room looking neat.  (As opposed to when the king size square in the middle of the room looks like a jumbled mess, it is easy to allow the rest of the room to become a jumbled mess.)

I was telling my friend about my new revelation and she told me about Flylady.net who says the same thing about the kitchen sink.  The basic premise is, if you keep your sink cleaned out and shiny, you will want to keep the rest of the kitchen clean around it.  I am now a believer. 

So, like it or not, I have committed to making my bed, everyday, because while I don't like the job, I am loving the results.

Shannon

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