OK, maybe this is placebo (but even still, righteous): I'm somehow sleeping better, more deeply, and more comfortably. Getting into a tidy bed somehow made it easier to slip into a deep, restorative slumber. I did a little digging to see if there's any science to back this and found a couple things that are correlated:
- The American Academy of Sleep Medicine found that hoarders don't sleep well. The author reported that cluttered and unusable bedrooms increased risk of cognitive dysfunction, depression, stress, and worsened sleep quality. Obviously, I'm not a hoarder (that's a real disorder), but the findings show that a messy bed may be linked to low-quality (or lack of) zzz's.
- A survey by the National Sleep Foundation found that among the 1,500 participants, "respondents who say they make their bed every day are 19 percent more likely to say they get a good night's sleep every night than those who don't."
Obviously, we're not working with clinical research that solidifies making beds definitely guarantees better sleep, but hey, there's no harm in trying. It definitely worked for me.
