I’ve heard it said, that you should start each day by making your bed.  Supposedly this action provides a sense of accomplishment, and drive, to perform more and more tasks throughout the day, thus leading to each day being a fulfilling experience.

What if you forget to make your bed?  Does this mean that you are inadvertently dooming yourself to a languid and unproductive day?

What if you do make your bed, and then find that your day spirals out of control?  What if you find that the initial trajectory, that task-driven, accomplishment-minded approach you intended to launch with that simplistic act of making a  bed, takes the chutes-and-ladders path, and you return to that bed in the evening, finding that the only task you accomplished was that early morning one of making the bed?  Do you feel guilty for not achieving more?

What if you deliberately do not make your bed?  What if you find yourself hitting the positivity and productivity lottery that day, making every green light on your way to work, finishing every report, and having excellent interactions with clients and coworkers, having new ideas and thought processes accepted and validated, even finding some encouraging and positive interactions with friends and family after work?  Does this negate the importance of making your bed?

What if making your bed is the first thing you accomplish, but it’s also your day off, and an employee calls off work, forcing you to go in, causing you to postpone many planned tasks that you had intended to accomplish after making your bed?

What if you make your bed, decide to take a nap in the afternoon, and do not make it again?

What if you make your bed, go downstairs to make coffee, and when carrying the carafe to the sink for water, it slips from your hand, crashes on the floor, and shatters everywhere; then, in a fit of frustration, you run upstairs, and rip all of the covers off of the bed?

What if you, just never get out of bed?

What if, the assumption of making your bed each day leading to a better, more positive, and productive day is completely incorrect?

What if what actually matters, is not how you are able to start your day, but how you are feeling when you end the day?  Do you feel light and relaxed when you lie on the bed?  Does a smile grace your lips when your head touches the pillow?  Are you able to destress, finding relaxation and peace?

For what good is the purpose of gauging productivity, upon starting each day anew, if you are unable to approach it well rested, energetic, and eager?

I never make my bed in the morning, and I also never think about the act, or lack thereof, throughout the day.   However, I do rise in the morning with love in my heart, intent and drive in my body, and a brain set upon understanding.  When I choose to sleep I have gratitude for the day I have lived,  my muscles having need for recovery, and my mind clear, calm, and content.

Choose the daily path that brings you the greatest sense of peace.

Humbly yours,

J