So if it's like making the bed, I get extra points for doing it badly.

[fflo]

See, I decided a while ago to make my bed every day, with the strong stipulation that making it badly is okay. Soon I realized that making it badly is better, cuz then I get a made bed PLUS a judgment-free interaction with self. An episode of anti-perfectionism practice. Dig?

I'm on night two of setting out to write in the paper journal daily for a fortnight. Am
tired and will likely scribble semi-unintelligibly. I think I'd like to meet a higher standard in writings there than the minimum. And here I am, avoiding it until I'm exhausted.

I was exhausted at 10 a.m.

Things are good, tho.

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Comments

[man-of-snows.livejournal.com]

I can't imagine not making the bed. We were "trained" as small children to always make the bed...or else! Getting out of the bed to make it seems to be my problem.

[jaelle-n-gilla.livejournal.com]

And another bit of trivia: Badly made beds (crumpled up covers) air a lot better than made beds. So it's healthier to not even make a bed at all.

I read this after years of just closing the bedroom door behind me but I think it's a perfect excuse for not changing that habit :)

[stormdog.livejournal.com]

The bed sounds like a case of perfect being the enemy of good enough. I've been better about remembering that than I once was.

[tapho.livejournal.com]

I hate making the bed. HATE it. But I force myself to do it every day. My mom raised us to make the bed first thing in the morning and it just stuck. I wish I could not care and leave it.

[kohkae.livejournal.com]

I use to make sure I made it nicely everyday but now I'm with you that badly is ok too. There is just something I like about slipping into a made bed at night. Maybe it's the joy of messing something up.