Make Your Bed: Small Wins for Mental Health

Making your bed doesn’t take long, but it’s affects can last the entire day. Small daily habits give your brain a quick sense of accomplishment, add structure, and build momentum! Over time, these simple routines can help you work towards better mental health. Here are some simple tactics to promote small psychological wins and therefore improved mental health.

Small Habits That Matter

• Making Your Bed: People that make their bed, report happier moods and better mental health on average.

• Get Morning Light: Open the blinds or spend a short time outside to help set your body clock and boost alertness.

• Drinking Water First: In the morning rush, be sure to drink a glass of water at some point in the first 30 minutes, maybe during that morning light time.

• Less Clutter, Less Stress: Start with clearing off one surface or resetting one space, this promotes further tidy spaces and helps reduce mental overload.

• Move Daily: A study of over a million people found that those who exercised regularly had about 43% fewer poor mental health days.

• The Small-Win Effect: Finishing an easy task first, triggers a sense of accomplishment that makes the next task feel easier.

  
  

Remember:

Big mental health improvements are often the result of small, steady actions. Make your bed tomorrow morning and let that first win set the pace for a healthier day.