I'm sure most of you (on Social Media) have seen this (unfortunate) post about making your bed:
Admiral William McRaven, author of "Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life... And Maybe The World," explains how making your bed every morning can have a positive impact on your well-being and behavior throughout the rest of the day. Following is a transcript of the video.
Admiral McRaven: A normal part of a day for a Navy SEAL was we would arrive at about 7:30 in the morning. From 7:30 to 9 o'clock we did physical training every single morning of most of my career when I was assigned to SEAL teams. That's not an easy thing to do every morning. And of course some people get up, they run or they do whatever their routine is. The idea of making the bed is it's the same sense of discipline. It's the same sense that you're going to get up and do something, but it's an easy task to undertake. You roll out of bed, you just put your bed, you make it straight. Again, you get it right, too. It's not just about kind of throwing the covers over the pillow. It's about making your bed right and walking away and going, "OK, that's good. That looks good. I'm, as simple as it sounds, I'm proud of this little task I did." And that is really what I think sets the tone for the rest of the day.
It is the simplicity. I think it is also the amount of time that it takes to make your bed. It doesn't take an hour to do, and yet you get this sense of accomplishment. The difference between going out for a 30-minute or an hour run or doing an hour's worth of weight training or going off and doing an hour of meditation — this takes you a couple of minutes. Some things are hard to do in the morning, and I think those are important, too. I mean, if you can get up every morning and do your run or do your PT that's great as well, but if you're not one of those persons still it's good to start off with a simple task that moves you forward.
I just want to go on record as saying "F*ck you Admiral. That's horrible advice."
Making my bed is a minimum wage job. You don't even need to speak English to do it. A mentally retarded five year old can do that. Making your bed is not something we should do. It is something we should affirmatively avoid doing. Something we should outsource.
What a complete waste of time.
Imagine me ... standing over my bed, with my hands on my hips, staring down at my "accomplishment" and gloating. "Wow. Today is going to be a great day!"
Yeah, right. Picture that.
Why don't I clean the toilets ... mop the floor ... and fold socks while I'm at it ... you know, double-down on accomplishment!
I could spend the whole day (now that I think about it) "accomplishing" things.
Hell ... maybe I'll start making my bed in my hotel room too.
"Good Morning, Juanita. No need to tidy up this room. One step ahead of ya! Changing the world!"
Sorry Admiral. F*cking stupid. I don't aspire to do minimum wage jobs.
Now don't get me wrong ... I don't live in a pig sty. I like my house clean.
I just don't want to be the one doing it.
And, for the record, I've never liked making my bed (...I'm just going to mess it up later anyway).
Rant over.
Admiral William McRaven, author of "Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life... And Maybe The World," explains how making your bed every morning can have a positive impact on your well-being and behavior throughout the rest of the day. Following is a transcript of the video.
Admiral McRaven: A normal part of a day for a Navy SEAL was we would arrive at about 7:30 in the morning. From 7:30 to 9 o'clock we did physical training every single morning of most of my career when I was assigned to SEAL teams. That's not an easy thing to do every morning. And of course some people get up, they run or they do whatever their routine is. The idea of making the bed is it's the same sense of discipline. It's the same sense that you're going to get up and do something, but it's an easy task to undertake. You roll out of bed, you just put your bed, you make it straight. Again, you get it right, too. It's not just about kind of throwing the covers over the pillow. It's about making your bed right and walking away and going, "OK, that's good. That looks good. I'm, as simple as it sounds, I'm proud of this little task I did." And that is really what I think sets the tone for the rest of the day.
It is the simplicity. I think it is also the amount of time that it takes to make your bed. It doesn't take an hour to do, and yet you get this sense of accomplishment. The difference between going out for a 30-minute or an hour run or doing an hour's worth of weight training or going off and doing an hour of meditation — this takes you a couple of minutes. Some things are hard to do in the morning, and I think those are important, too. I mean, if you can get up every morning and do your run or do your PT that's great as well, but if you're not one of those persons still it's good to start off with a simple task that moves you forward.
I just want to go on record as saying "F*ck you Admiral. That's horrible advice."
Making my bed is a minimum wage job. You don't even need to speak English to do it. A mentally retarded five year old can do that. Making your bed is not something we should do. It is something we should affirmatively avoid doing. Something we should outsource.
What a complete waste of time.
Imagine me ... standing over my bed, with my hands on my hips, staring down at my "accomplishment" and gloating. "Wow. Today is going to be a great day!"
Yeah, right. Picture that.
Why don't I clean the toilets ... mop the floor ... and fold socks while I'm at it ... you know, double-down on accomplishment!
I could spend the whole day (now that I think about it) "accomplishing" things.
Hell ... maybe I'll start making my bed in my hotel room too.
"Good Morning, Juanita. No need to tidy up this room. One step ahead of ya! Changing the world!"
Sorry Admiral. F*cking stupid. I don't aspire to do minimum wage jobs.
Now don't get me wrong ... I don't live in a pig sty. I like my house clean.
I just don't want to be the one doing it.
And, for the record, I've never liked making my bed (...I'm just going to mess it up later anyway).
Rant over.
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