A few weeks back, I was on Facebook - of all places - and saw an ad - of all things - that actually said something interesting. I forget the way they phrased it, but they listed a few common mental health ailments, one of them being anxiety, and a few concrete suggestions they had, one of which (for anxiety) was making your bed every day. Now, as you know, I definitely suffer from anxiety, and I’d heard this idea before but it never stuck with me and for some reason this time it did, so: I did. I started making my bed, every morning. And, you know what, it did make me feel better. I mean, nothing magical, but I felt a bit more in control of my day and like I had a plan for things. It reminds me of that towel idea from Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, which, if you don’t know, was this: hitchhikers were encouraged to carry a towel, because the assumption was that anyone who saw you carrying a towel despite hitchhiking across the galaxy would know that you, at the very least, were capable of keeping track of a towel, and therefore there was at least a chance that you knew what the hell you were doing.
So, yeah: if you suffer from anxiety - and maybe even if you don’t - perhaps try making your bed!
