Make Your Bed: Chapter Responses

Make your Bed Chapter Responses

In modern culture many traditional values have been lost, these values/attributes are deemed the key to success. Admiral William H McRaven has written a list of lessons that he has followed and believes can help anyone make a difference in their life. He takes us through his experiences both good and bad within his Navy SEAL training to convey the ideology of discipline.

Chapter One: Start Your Day with a Task Completed. This chapter really struck me on a personal level because I NEVER and I mean N E V E R made my bed until I read this book. I just saw it as if I made it, it would just end up looking messed up the next morning until I took it into perspective. The moment my father saw I had to read this book for summer work I had to make my bed spotless every day. After week number two I started to see the effectiveness of this military practice, and came to the conclusion on what Admiral McRaven said: “If you can’t do the little things right, you will never do the big things right.” And to this day I make my bed every morning.

The song I have chosen is Shadow Of The Day by, Linkin Park. Many people when they hear this song it has a dark or sad feel to it, obviously, it says "the shadow of the day will embrace the world in gray and the sun will set for you." The song talks about death and how every day ends, but to me, I hear never waste a day living. We don't live forever, so once you are gone you are just another memory so make the best out of every