This morning I woke up and stretched in bed. I took a deep breath in and out and wiggled my fingers and toes while I relished the silence. I thought of a few things I was grateful for; the rain I could hear hitting the window, the coffee I knew was waiting for me downstairs, the day I had ahead of me.
I sat up and swung my legs to the side of the bed. Planted my feet on the floor and stood up effortlessly. I turned around and pulled up the sheets and blankets and walked into the bathroom for the shower…. And I thought nothing of any of this.
A few years ago, this was NOT how my morning began. In fact, it went quite a bit different. Like this…
I would wake up yawning, after hitting the snooze about four times, having never had slept deeply to begin with and I had FINALLY rolled into a position that was comfortable. My lower back would already be sore, and I’d try to stretch to the left and right but everything was tense. I must have slept on my stomach again and so I was hyperextended to the max… Waking up in pain sucks, I think to myself, I’m 37 years old, dude, WTF?
I brace myself on the bedside table and pull my legs into my chest to try and roll out of bed like the physical therapist taught me. The LAST thing I want to do is be down for the count for yet another day… My feet hit the ground. And haul myself up to the count of three. One… two… ughhhh. I lean back, bracing myself on the edge of the bed, and I attempt a hobble into the bathroom.
There are lot of things that happen to make these two mornings totally different. But a big one, maybe the most important of them all, is the quality of sleep I get. And I don’t just mean how LONG I sleep, but how well I sleep. For over two years, Big Fig Mattress has allowed my body to have a pain-free sleeping experience. Which means my body is primed to wake up feeling it’s best.
The truth is, it’s not one of those things you think about until it becomes a problem for you. And, believe me, you know a bad bed when you sleep in one. The kind that folds your body in half like a burrito. The ones that you’re afraid to breath on because you’re convinced it will collapse under your weight. The ones that sag so intensely on the edge that getting OUT of the bed feels like pulling yourself up off the floor. The ones that slant towards one side so deeply you start to roll… the ones that simply hurt you.
I’m going to be honest with you - I think the word “influencer” is silly. So, for the sake of this moment, let’s just look at me as a woman. I’m 40 years old. I work out regularly. I wear a size 20-22. I have a very sensitive lower back. I travel a lot of work and I LOVE to sleep. Like, tuck me into Club Sleep with DJ Blanket and MC Pillow Fort any day of the week. I once threw my back out simply by rolling out of a bed that’s too soft. When I sleep better, I feel better emotionally and physically. And, when feel better inside and out, I live a fuller life. I am able to be more present and not constantly fighting aches and pains. I am less irritable. I am more patient. I am more energized. Honestly? I am a greater version of myself.
Every time I travel on the road for a speaking gig or event, I find myself apprehensive about the bed I’m going to sleep in before I even get to the hotel. And when it’s a soft and saggy one? I know I need to be EXTRA careful with how I treat my body because a bed that like that simply doesn’t support me.
So, here is the honest truth. Literally. My Big Fig Mattress makes for the best bed I have ever slept in to this day. When I’m away from it? I miss it. When I come back home to it? I’m a happy camper. After a few years of regularly sleeping on my mattress I can report with confidence, that the integrity of the bed is still there; it doesn’t sag, it hasn’t dropped, and I still feel comfortably supported. Imagine a mattress could be the combination of The Rock and Burt Reynolds circa his spread in Cosmopolitan… that’s what lying in this bed is like. Supportive, strong, yet soft enough to make a little love to you.
I don’t ask what makes this bed so magical, and I truly don’t care. There are a dozen technical things that this bed does right – you can leave it up to the brand to list. For now, I’m speaking from my heart. When I sleep in my Big Fig, I sleep better. And when I sleep better? I live greater.
