The Mattress

I think I accidentally entered a Mattress Portal 
(aka, one of those metaphors that slaps you mid-to-do list)

So I ordered a new mattress. It arrives today.
Not for my main bed—for my backup bed.
Yes, I have one.
For reasons mostly spelled:
S-N-O-R-I-N-G.
The one I retreat to when the snoring reaches:
aggressive bear in an echo chamber levels.

It’s been my little sanctuary.
And technically, it worked.
Not perfect. Not new.
Not mine.
It used to belong to a teenage boy.
And it smelled like it--
like a locker room footnote no amount of spiritual bypassing could fix.


So I:

• scrubbed it
• saged it
• Febrezed it within an inch of its life
• disguised it with blankets
• accessorized it with throw pillows

Like it was an HGTV dorm room detox—trauma edition.

And for a while, I convinced myself it was fine.
Until I thought- maybe it’s time for an upgrade.

So I finally made the call.
Ordered the same mattress we have in the main bedroom.
Didn’t overthink it.
Didn’t spiral for two weeks.
Just clicked “Buy.”


And then…
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Suddenly the old one felt:
⊹ supportive
⊹ familiar
⊹ kinda comfy

It was giving:
“Maybe this isn’t so bad after all?” energy.

That’s when I realized:
This mattress was a portal.
A perfectly squishy, faintly scented, energetically-laden metaphor for my life.

The part of me that gets this close to real lumbar support--
Then panics…
And clings to the old out of fear the new might not deliver. Because what if they haul it away and the new one is worse?

The:
“Maybe-I-should-stay-where-it’s-safe-even-if-it-smells-like-a-boy’s-old-socks” pattern.

And the truth is:
I don’t have to fall in love with the new mattress overnight.
I just have to trust the version of me who bought it--
The version who knew she was ready for better.

Even if it’s just a mattress.
(It’s never just a mattress.)


#MattressPortal
#EnergeticUpgrade
#VisualAlchemy
#TrustYourTaste
#NoGoingBack

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