Where is that one place you spend most of your time
and love decorating?
Did you know that beyond being your safe space,
your bedroom says a lot about your personality and habits?
Your very own choice in selecting decor, furniture,
and your organizational habits are telling on you.
Who knew, right?
Why is your bedroom so special to you?
"It's where I sleep.
"It's the only place to get some much needed alone time."
Right you are,
but it goes deeper than that.
Why did Native Americans make pottery
with earthy tones and designs based upon plants and animals?
Throughout time, people have manifested their identities
through objects around them.
The same principle applies now as well,
where we often pick items for our bedroom
that reflect who we are and who we wanna be.
Your bedroom is an extension of you,
keeping you grounded to who you are.
In Malcolm Gladwell's bestseller,
"Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking,"
he references personality psychologist
Samuel Gosling's experiment,
which established a link between bedrooms and personality.
Gosling's experiment asked total strangers
to guess the personality of students
just by observing their dorms,
and their guesses were more accurate
than the ones their close friends made.
What?
So Gosling used the results
to break down the personality revealing aspects of a bedroom
into three factors.
In this video, we'll be discussing the three factors
that specify how your space reflect you.
Number one, identity claims.
So, let's take a look around your room.
Is that your favorite book over there?
What's covering every other inch of your wall, and why?
Identity claims are what you are and what you wanna be.
It's your attempt in shaping other's opinions of you.
These openly reveal chunks of your personality
for others to see.
You put them out there for a reason,
and they're doing their job well.
They're often items related to your hobbies and interests
that you brandish about your room.
For example, trophies and medals from playing sports
or posters from your favorite franchise
all around your room.
These show anyone who enters your room
your tastes and preferences.
They also say a great deal about you
and what your interests are.
Your sports trophies show you're an avid athlete.
On the other hand,
mounds of books and to be read piles all around,
say you're a bookworm through and through.
By looking at what you've chosen
to display around your room,
you can get a feel for what you prioritize
as the highlights of your life
and what you want your life to emulate.
Number two, behavioral residue.
Do you have to shove things under your bed
when people come around?
Do you often leave your shoes lying about?
What did you do with that fresh pile
of laundry you just brought in?
Unlike identity claims, behavioral residue
is what you unconsciously do with your room.
It's all in the little things you do
when you aren't paying attention.
It could be leaving your dresser open
or close out on the floor.
These small habits say a lot as well.
For example, if you leave your dresser open
or procrastinate putting away your clothing,
you might be someone who is bigger picture-oriented.
On the other hand, if your room is always neat and tidy,
this shows that you're someone who is detail-oriented.
However, aside from your intuitive habits,
behavioral residue includes unconscious acts
that you wouldn't want others to see.
In other words,
if you took the time to think consciously about them,
you wouldn't do them.
When people come into your room,
you make it as presentable as possible,
which often entails putting away clothing
and shoving potentially embarrassing things under your bed.
You don't wanna show people your disorganized room,
nor do you wanna show them
anything you're embarrassed about.
Thus, by looking at behavioral residue,
you can see what you don't show people
and sometimes wish wasn't a part of your life to begin with.
Number three, thoughts and feeling regulators.
Are you a fan of scented candles?
Have you put up any motivational quotes
around your study space?
All of these can be called your thoughts
and feeling regulators.
These are the things you put in your room
to help your mental health.
They could be photos to remind you of happy times
or scented candles to uplift your mood.
These self-care items reflect
how conscious you are of yourself.
By having a lot of them around your room,
chances are you're well attuned to your emotional needs
and what makes you happy.
If you don't have them as a staple in your room,
you might still be in the process
of figuring out your emotional needs and what uplifts you.
By looking at what you put around your room
to regulate your mood,
others can get a sense of the people, places,
and activities that you enjoy most.
Simply put, your bedroom is your mind's physical home;
so it stabilizes, organizes, and embodies your identity.
This is the reason why you feel most at home at home.
We hope we were able to give you a little insight
into the ways your space defines you.
Did you learn anything from your bedroom?
Perhaps it was something you've just noticed
after inspecting it closely.
Feel free to comment down below
what your bedroom says about you.
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