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redrocket posted...

I mean, you should be able to get the exact same effect by just brushing your teeth and changing clothes. The bed making step is just extraneous.

And yet. I've brushed my teeth and gotten dressed for my entire life. I even felt guilty on days when I skipped one or both of those. But discipline did not follow naturally as a result. Not after even 30 years.

What do I think the difference is?

Nobody expects me to make my bed.

If I see you at the mall, you don't know if my bed is made. You know if I'm wearing rags. You know if my breath stinks.

It's choosing self-discipline when the consequences aren't external, but internal. That's where the shift in mindset happens.