Who knew making your bed could aid in productivity, peace and happiness? Prior to this, I’m not so sure I could say making my bed ever left me feeling happy, but after reading this article from Apartment Therapy it definitely left me feeling a bit more inspired, intrigued and after today, a believer!

From (Charles Duhigg’s “The Power of Habit” )According to Duhigg, making your bed every morning is correlated with better productivity and stronger skills at sticking with a budget. It has also been suggested that making your bed boosts happiness. My interest was piqued. Happiness? Yes, I’ll take it. Productivity? Yep, I’ll take that too. Sticking to a budget? Sounds good to me.

Gretchen Rubin, author of the bestselling book “The Happiness Project”, explains that making the bed was “the number one most impactful change that people brought up over and over” as she researched her book on inspiring happiness. Can an act that takes three minutes (yes, I timed it) really make that much of a difference in your life?

Apparently, making your bed (and other feel-good tasks like exercising and cooking your own food) is something called a keystone habit. Keystone habits are those routines that, if you can identify them, spill over to other habits. According to Duhigg, changing or cultivating keystone habits “helps other habits to flourish by creating new structures, and they establish cultures where change becomes contagious.” A keystone habit is essentially a catalyst for other good habits.

To read the entire article click this here and enjoy.