I imagine bed-makers to be the kinds of people who set their alarms bright and early and without even a glance at the snooze button, spring out of bed for a jog or a gym session or a bit of meditation, before spending a glorious two hours preparing themselves for the day ahead.
Let’s call them Type A’s. Here is a photo of one:
That's Jackie Lunn. Mamamia writer, editor, author and mother of three teenage girls aged 16, 14 and 11. She's also an early riser and bed-maker.
On the latest episode of The Parent Code, Jackie shares how she starts her day.
"Three mornings I go to the gym which means I have to wake up early, so I'll wake up, be at the gym by six, I'm home by 7 and the kids get up," she says.
The author confesses to a lot of running around, multiple trips up and down the stairs, and quite a few wake up calls to get the girls out of bed, before they're out the door by 8:00 am.
"I like to have the kitchen clean when I leave the house so there's no breakfast, there's no lunches, all of that. I like to have the beds made... I expect my girls to make their beds every morning," she says.
So that's the bed-makers, but what about the rest of us? We STRUGGLE to get out of bed in the morning, even after pressing the snooze button a zillion times, only getting out of bed when we have a ridiculously small window of opportunity to brush our teeth, get dressed and race out the door. Bed, what bed? Breakfast, what breakfast?
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I'm afraid I am an extreme type B, probably about 10 years ago I had aspirations of being a type A but now I know who I am, who my children & hubby are & I live happily with us being us (even if that means creepy crawlies in bed).
If by making your bed you mean making the quilt square then yes
No top sheet here only fitted, one pillow
Not really too hard, even for me
I dont do mornings at all