A sum is made up of two parts. If the overall value is to increase, it is far more effective for both numbers to grow—not just one. Aldrin’s efforts are already increasing; the real question is, what happens when mine do too?
I want to be more intentional about making the bed when I get up. I know this is probably not the answer you expected, but when you get married, there is another person in the equation. And that means more than just shared responsibility—it means the equation itself changes. Even if one number stays the same, adding another changes the answer.
Because Aldrin leaves for work much earlier than I do, I am still sleeping when he goes. I work swing night shifts at the hospital, so by the time I wake up, I am usually rushing—out the door to school or work. And because of that, I do not always make the bed.
But I have noticed something. Aldrin feels a lot better when he comes home from a long workday to a clean house. And honestly, I do too.
The past few days, I have been leaving the house a mess, and he has so cheerfully cleaned up for me. There is something quiet and kind in that. Something I do not want to overlook.
He is unchnaging. his willingness and demenor to clean does not chnage. yet iwant to change my part in the equatio to make a sum or prudct of great er value. to elevate out realtisohsip
So I want to try—to do this one small thing for him. The same thing he does on the days when I leave before him. Just something simple.
Make the bed.
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