Why Making Your Bed Every Morning Might Actually Be a Terrible Idea

Wrinkled Sheets Are Not a Moral Failing

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I used to be one of those people. The ones who post their freshly made bed on LinkedIn with some profound caption about “winning the day before breakfast.”

Every morning at 5:47 A.M. on the dot, I’d jump up and immediately smooth my sheets into military precision.

I bought into the whole Admiral McRaven thing about making your bed and changing your life.

For three years, I religiously tucked in those corners until they looked perfect!

My bedroom looked like a hotel suite.

And did it make me happy or more successful? Nope!

Making your bed and tucking in the corners might be the most overrated productivity hack of our generation.

And here’s why.

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