The dishes.
They sit there and sit there...you think 'i should do those'. You do them...but for me, I start to do them, then I decide that I should clean the counters. So...I clean the counters. Then I think 'I should clean the table'. So...I clean the table. Then I think 'I should dust-I already have the things out. It will look so much better if I dust'. So...I dust. Then I think 'I should rearrange the pillows, that will give the living room a fresh look.' So...I rearrange the throw pillows. Then I think, I should put everything else in order that needs to be in order'. So...I shuffle things around until everything looks as close to a "Better Homes and Gardens" cover as I could possible make it-until I look back into the kitchen.
I am sitting in my very clean and newly spruced living room with my computer in tow looking into the kitchen. There still sitting the sink are the dirty dishes waiting to be loaded into the washer, which is still open, as if it's saying "come clean me!!" with it's wide open door. The thing is...I feel as though I've done my part for the day and I don't want to do anything else.
I don't understand how to start a project takes effort and then to finish the project takes even more effort.
1 comment:
Dishes have that effect on me too. What is it about them? Perhaps it's a process that requires more than anything else...? Maybe. Afterall, dishes DO have 4 steps. Washing, rinsing, drying, and putting away. Puttin away is the worst part. You could have three steps if you choose to let your dishes dry themselves in the dish drainer. You could even cut it down to two steps if you choose to let the dishes dry in the drainer AND leave them there for the roomates to put them away... which is an option that I choose quite frequently.
P.S. Hello, I haven't seen or talked to you in quite some time :)
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