Make Your Bed Every Morning

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A post I originally wrote for CAG's leadership group in 2021.

From Admiral William H. McRaven’s Commencement Address for UT’s Class of 2014.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxBQLFLei70

You all know how important I think sleep is, but what you may not know is how important what you do right after is as well.

I want to start off by saying that Admiral William H. McRaven’s entire speech is absolutely amazing and worth the watch. Today though, I just want to focus on a small part of it, his first lesson from SEAL training: Make your bed every morning.

This was the one that stuck out to me the most the first time I saw his speech, and it has made a tremendous difference in my overall mood and productivity in the years since I started doing it.

It’s a pretty easy habit to put into practice, those of you who have read Atomic Habits will appreciate that as it is less than a two-minute task, it only requires 1 phase of habit shaping. Even better, as the first task of the day, it will become a rock-solid foundation upon which you can stack additional habits.

And at the end of the day, good or bad, climbing into a bed that you made really is a great feeling.

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