Making Your Bed

[Christopher777]

OP's emotional reaction to the "make your bed thing" is indicating that he needs to try it the most.

I mean, what's the big deal. Must have hit a nerve. Lol

For me personally, if that puts me on the mood to get things done for the day, great, if not, it's still an early accomplishment that complements my compounding discipline.

 

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[Scot]

So just want to point this out. OP's whole argument is based on the assumption that for the 18 hours he is awake, he is literally too busy to spare 1 minute to make his bed.

So for 18 straight hours, every minute is devoted to making cold calls, creating ads on Facebook, designing products, etc.

I really don't think a single person on this forum is that busy that they cannot spare a simple 60 seconds to make a bed.

 

[ZF Lee]

I kinda see OPs point. Kinda. Like it would be cool to leap out of bed, forget making it, and grab the phone, still undressed, and make a few hundred cold calls.

But where is the self respect? Make your damn bed.

Or just create a robot to make your bed...or some slider machine that folds up the bed like the thing you see in the movie The Fifth Element....

And there you go, another good Fastlane idea awaiting execution....

If you are complaining about making beds, turns out there is a huge market for it too because as far as I know no one has solved this problem yet, with this thread as validation.

 

[SteveO]

Make the bed if you want. Don't make it if you don't want. It is a choice. Choices are empowering...

 

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[G-Man]

So just want to point this out. OP's whole argument is based on the assumption that for the 18 hours he is awake, he is literally too busy to spare 1 minute to make his bed.

So for 18 straight hours, every minute is devoted to making cold calls, creating ads on Facebook, designing products, etc.

I really don't think a single person on this forum is that busy that they cannot spare a simple 60 seconds to make a bed.

This reminds me of a conversation between the owner of the company I work for and our logistics manager.

Boss: Did you call the freight forwarder?
Him: No, but I sent a couple emails and they didn't reply.
Boss: But you didn't call?
Him: No.
Boss: Why?
Him: I was working on the blah blah blah, and didn't have time.
Boss: Have you been to the bathroom today?
Him: (confused look)
Boss: Because if you've had time to piss or shit, then you've had 30 seconds to pick up the phone. Don't tell me you didn't have time.

 

[rollerskates]

Reading rants on the internet can also be a waste of time... oh well, I already blew 90 seconds on bed making today, may as well waste the entire day!

 

[GastonEE]

I have a similar problem with washing dishes. On one side no one's gonna do it instead of me, on the other, I can't be bothered. Good thing my partner and I share this chore.

 

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[bitsinmyblood]

Chicks like it when you can make shit too.

The kind of chicks you want like dudes that are confident and capable. The other kind are usually lazy slobs, themselves, so no worries.

 

[MJ DeMarco]

The making the bed story, or washing dishes, or mopping floors...

I take it as...

How you do anything, is how you do everything.

 

[MitchM]

Yeah man, you know what - you're right.

As I type this, my new servant Mortimer is feeding me my spaghettios. I can't believe how much time I've been wasting! Putting food in your mouth is not something we should do.

 

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[mike24601]

All this stuff about cold showers and getting up early and making your bed is nothing but a gigantic circle jerk. I was in the military once upon a time, made my bed with hospital corners and spitshined my boots and all that, but these days I roll out of bed when I feel like getting up and leave it just as it is. Then I take a nice hot shower and get to work because I think better when I am unencumbered by trivialities. I just get straight to the point and do what I need to do. Mark Zuckerberg didn't even bother to choose different clothes, he just filled his closet with jeans and green shirts, because he felt that shopping for and choosing different clothes was of little importance.

 

[Almantas]

And, for the record, I've never liked making my bed (...I'm just going to mess it up later anyway).

Why do you wipe your a$$ if you're going to drop some bait again?

I don't know about anyone else, but I manage to think about something while making my bed, cleaning my room of dust and dog hair and even washing my dishes. So, technically, I don't interpret abovementioned activities as a complete waste of time. Hell, sometimes it's even somewhat meditative, plus my house is always tidy and welcoming and I still manage to focus on business and work on it at least 80h a week.

I am no snob and raised by a single mother working two jobs to make sure I have pants on my a$$ and shoes on my feet, so outsourcing simple tasks like the ones mentioned above doesn't make much sense to me at this stage. But that's just my reality, everyone's different.

 

[MJ DeMarco]

I just get straight to the point and do what I need to do.

Perhaps the most important sentence of the thread.

Do what moves the needle.

If making your bed spotless and wrinkle-free is what moves the needle somehow (meditation, motivation, later day productivity) do it. If it doesn't, pass.

Once again, one size does not fit all.

 

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[Sean Kaye]

In mid-2015 I realized I was spending a lot time creating content and value on other people's platforms without getting much in return.

I decided that I would start writing a daily email to my list. I set a target for 2016 of writing 300,000 words on my own platforms.

I started on Feb 2nd, 2016 and haven't missed a daily email in that time - well up over 500 days straight. In 2016, I wrote over 450,000 words and published them via email, physics newsletters and blog posts. That effort created a new six figure revenue stream in 2016.

I attribute my success to one simple rule - I could not go to sleep unless I sent an email that day. There were days where I was writing email at 4am to adhere to that rule.

Making your bed every day in this analogy isn't about activity, IMHO. It's about holding yourself to shit and going through with it, even when you don't want to. It's bigger than discipline, it's about doing the right things every single day.

 

[Vigilante]

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[Ross Morgan]

My made bed looks really good right now.... oooh.... ahhh.. yeah... goodnight.

 

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