If decluttering is your New Year's resolution, don't skip your bedroom — even if no one else sees it, Axios' Sami Sparber writes.

• Why it matters: Research shows that taking care of and taking pride in the space where you start and end each day sets the tone for everything that happens in between.

🧠 That's why author and journalist Charles Duhigg dubbed making your bed a "keystone habit" in his bestseller "The Power of Habit."

• It's also why Navy Seal William H. McCraven, who commanded the forces in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, told UT grads in a 2014 commencement address: "If you want to change the world, start off by making your bed."

👀 But it's not just making the bed. The tidiness — or lack thereof — of your entire bedroom affects your mood.

• "When you don't make your own space a priority, it leads to feelings of stress, overwhelm, and a lack of control that you carry with you throughout your day," write authors Meg DeLong and Ea Fuqua of "Tidying Up."

Here are the essential tasks DeLong and Fuqua tell us you should put on your daily to-do list:

1. Make your bed.
2. Clear your nightstand of clutter.
3. Put away your clothes.
4. Pick up items left on the floor.
5. Turn on a fan or crack a window.

🚫 Bonus tip: Things that stress you out don't belong in your room, they say.

• Move the basket full of laundry waiting to be folded and the stack of unopened mail waiting to be sorted through. Going to sleep and waking up looking at these will take away from the quality of rest you're getting.

The goal is to "keep only those items that promote... relaxation."

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Thanks to the dozens of readers who've written us thoughtful notes about how they use AI in response to yesterday's newsletter from guest author and Axios national energy correspondent Amy Harder about how the tech has — and hasn't — changed her life.

💡 Here's an illuminating response from Finish Line reader Jon Amari, an architect in Charlotte:

• "Professionally, I use AI the most for [building] code research. It's helpful to find the specific code sections to answer questions without having to read through multiple chapters to find what I'm looking for. It's also been a helpful tool for creating concept renderings... and helping refine renderings of our own designs."
• "Personally, I use it the most for cooking, my main hobby. It's been most successful when I'm planning dinner parties and trying to determine how to break up a menu and quantities of each dish so I don't over-purchase. I also use it for recipe development, but I get frustrated because ChatGPT is too quick to become a 'yes man.' I want AI to be critical, tell me when I'm wrong, and be able to have quality dialogue about a subject."

📬 Keep your thoughts coming on how AI has been most useful for you, and what kinks you're still working out: [email protected]. (Please include your name, occupation and hometown.)

• We'll share your insights and answer your questions in future editions of the newsletter.