You may have heard of the saying, "Messy bed, messy life." While some of you may say that this is only something that mothers tell their kids to scare them into making their beds every morning, psychology says that people who make their beds may actually lead happier and more productive lives.
A survey on bed and psychology was conducted on 68,000 people by Hunch.com. According to Psychology Today, the results of the said survey were pretty interesting.
Out of the 68,000 respondents, 27 percent said that they made their beds in the morning, 59 percent did not and 12 percent had a housekeeper make their beds for them. Out of those who made their beds, 71 percent said that they are happy with their lives while 62 percent of those who did not make their beds admitted to being unhappy.
These figures reveal that people who made their beds to start off their day felt happier and more productive. Apartment Therapy noted that Gretchen Rubin's book, "The Happiness Project" also recommended making your bed to set off the tone for the rest of the day.
In the said book, Rubin stated that making the bed was "the number one most impactful change that people brought up over and over." Charles Duhigg's "The Power of Habit" also noted that making your bed every morning can be considered a keystone habit.
A keystone habit is defined as an identifiable routine that can affect other habits. Once you recognize the fact that you are changing your routine by making your bed the moment you wake up in the morning, then you are setting off a ripple effect to other things for the rest of the day.
This habit of making the bed each morning "helps other habits to flourish by creating new structures, and they establish cultures where change becomes contagious."
