Old 12-31-2013, 08:20 PM
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malcolmsloan
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I agree with the whole list, and I want to throw out something a bit odd, but for some reason it's been really powerful for me: making my bed right when I get up in the morning.
I don't know what it is. I have NEVER made my bed in my life. My parents gave up trying to make me. After I moved out, nope, just jump into a pile of blankets at night and roll out of em in the morning. Even after I got married, we never made our bed until right before we got in at night. Now, after my first night sober, just about six weeks ago, I woke up (or rather got up, I did not sleep at all that night), and for some reason I made my bed. As I did, I thought of that old saying about making your bed and sleeping in it-a symbol of responsibility and accountablility? A symbol of leaving a good, neat trail behind me? Corny supersition? I don't know, but I have to make my bed now every day.
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