Did you know that a small habit like making your bed can help you get through life’s rough patches? One Lift user, Dave, told us last week that making his bed helped him recover from a divorce:<\/span><\/p>\n

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I’m 30 years old and have been going through a particularly ugly\u00a0<\/span>divorce<\/span>\u00a0(I suppose they’re all ugly). When I felt like my life was completely out of control, I discovered Lift. I set out to make my bed and floss every single morning.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I’ve managed to do both of these things for 100 days in a row, and in the process develop the habit of starting my day on a positive note. It also helped me regain some control in my life, no matter how small.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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How could a simple, one minute task like making a bed have had such a profound effect on Dave’s life? It’s his keystone habit.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Keystone habits create positive momentum that increases your ability to achieve other goals<\/strong><\/p>\n

In The Power of Habit<\/a>, author Charles Duhigg explains the unique power of keystone habits and specifically, making your bed:<\/p>\n

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Making your bed every morning is correlated with better productivity, a greater sense of well-being, and stronger skills at sticking with a budget. It’s not that… a tidy bed causes<\/em> better grades or less frivolous spending. But somehow those initial shifts start chain reactions that help other good habits take hold. (Duhigg<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Making your bed is an especially great keystone habit because it’s easy to build into your existing routines.<\/span>\u00a0It takes just a minute or two to make your bed. Most people know how to do it; otherwise it’s easy to learn. The immediate visual reward of seeing a made bed\u00a0reinforces the habit<\/a>. Plus the task<\/span>\u00a0fits seamlessly into your morning routine. <\/span><\/p>\n

That brings us to one more reason that making your bed is such an effective keystone habit: since you do it in the morning, you’ll feel the positive effects all day long.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Here’s how you can start Making Your Bed today:<\/span><\/h2>\n

Right Now:<\/strong>\u00a0Add the\u00a0<\/span>Make Bed<\/a>\u00a0habit\u00a0<\/span>on Lift. Set up a Lift\u00a0reminder<\/a>\u00a0for just after you wake up or put a post-it note on your mirror\/phone\/door if you’ll be too groggy to check notifications in the AM.<\/span>
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Then:<\/strong>\u00a0Make your bed tomorrow morning! If you need tips, this article<\/a> is full of them including how to make your bed while you’re still in it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Did you know that a small habit like making your bed can help you get through life’s rough patches? One Lift user, Dave, told us last week that making his bed helped him recover from a divorce: I’m 30 years old and have been going through a particularly ugly\u00a0divorce\u00a0(I suppose they’re all ugly). When I… <\/p>\n

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