Making the bed! This has been pretty much an optional activity for me since I moved out of home. ;) I figure I'm only going to get back into it and I'm not here anyway when I'm working so why bother?
Let me tell you.
I now spend a large majority of my time organising, planning, scheduling and making sure things run smoothly for the entire family. A large chunk of my day is spent at home. It's my office if you will and I am the Brunner Family CEO and one of the four board members. Which gets me to thinking I really need to employ a PA. Preferably one who would work for tea and cupcakes, be on call and work split shifts when necessary.
I'm also a visually creative person. I don't learn well reading a text. The information seeps gently through my visual cortex, into my brain and then evaporates into the mists of time and magic. I'm sure this is what unicorns are made of. I learn best by watching and doing. I'm also at my most peaceful and my energies are most centred when I'm not surrounded by visual clutter. Which is why you won't find an overload of knick knacks and frou frou in my living space. I do love beautiful things just not a lot of them in one space. :)
Our house is designed with the master bedroom at the front of house with a bay window. It opens off the entry directly across from the lounge/dining areas. This means that you can see the bed from the living area and also from the front driveway/path through the windows. (I'm a blinds open kinda girl. I don't like living in a cave. Give me breezes and light.) I discovered one day that every time I saw the messy bed it bothered me. Ever so slightly. But it bothered me.
A month or so back I decided to run an experiment and make the bed every day to see how it made me feel. It made me feel good. I can now see the beautiful black and gold bedspread I bought last year. There aren't any pyjamas strewn around the bed. We are less likely to leave things on the bedroom floor. It makes me feel good. It adds visual beauty to my day. I like it.
So when I'm at home, pottering around the house or I walk in the front door from a busy day out and about it's lovely to stop, look around and see a neat, tidy house. It makes me feel calmer. It doesn't need to be perfect but I've discovered that taking 2 minutes to make the bed makes a positive contribution to my everyday.
