Yes, but the point still stands, that is one bowl, a small pot, a mug and a French press. That’s one meal for one person lol. Plus the sink itself looks mighty tended to. This is like, omg I’m so OCD because I love when my shoes match my belt. The reality is much more gruesome.
That’s a light breakfast for one in the sink right there. If you’re able to take care of that before it piles up you’re like some kind of superhuman in my eyes lol.
I have that amount in my sink right now, not enough to waste the hot water and dish soap to worry about and when there is I might even use the dishwasher
It's sad how everyone's diminishing the message by saying how small a task it is. Tackling one small thing at a time is how we can make change. And what might seem like a molehill to you is a mountain to someone else.
My ADHD agrees with you wholeheartedly.
It’s funny to me how I’ll do anything and everything for someone else or at work. Be organized, color code my calendar with events and dates for deadlines or meetings, read policies and guidelines cover to cover…
at home? I’ve got 17 loads of laundry to fold, dishes have sat in the dishwasher for so long they’re dirty again, sink is full of dishes and some should just be thrown out instead of trying to salvage larvae infested Tupperware, my bathrooms need serious love….
My point is… I agree with you. I’ll do one load of dishes or laundry or pick up everything off the floor so my $900 robot that I never use can do its job for a change. And I mean or… they don’t all happen in the same day. If they did? I’d be the baddest mf’er on the planet. Nobody can stop me but me!!!
at home? I’ve got 17 loads of laundry to fold, dishes have sat in the dishwasher for so long they’re dirty again, sink is full of dishes and some should just be thrown out instead of trying to salvage larvae infested Tupperware, my bathrooms need serious love….
I face the same thing to an extend.
I pay for someone to come for 4 hrs n clean everything n organise it all, once a month.
It's sadder that people think this is a solution at all.
There is a reason why you didn't get to those dishes. Even "being lazy" does not come out of the blue for 99.99% of the people. Even if you do the dishes now, that reason is still there. So the next dishes will also stay in that extremely clean beforehand kitchen. And all the other things you have a problem with too.
I used to not do the dishes because I was playing games. Why was I playing games? Because I was deeply depressed. Why was I deeply depressed? Well that is a long story, but mostly solving that solved my gaming and dishes routine. I still game, but not at the cost of other things.
That’s weird, my dishes have come out of the dishwasher sparkling clean with no residue for 10 years now. My water bill usage is lower than friends who run their faucet for 10 minutes straight cleaning up all their dishes by hand after a family meal.
What absolute bafoon has the water running while doing the dishes!!?? You scrub them all with soap and small spirts of water, and then you 30 seconds rinsing them all
Yes and studies have shown that dishwashers use less water than doing it by hand because the water the dishwasher uses is hot pressurized water which is much more effective at cleaning than the running water that comes out of a sink and quickly goes down the drain.
Lol... You shouldn't be putting a dish that dirty into a dishwasher anyways... You wipe that shit off or you wash it off in the sink first and then put it in the dishwasher.
You're good. We're renting right now and have a completely shit dishwasher, and our landlord doesn't care. We have to clean our dishes before they go in if we use it, and even if we take the filtration apart to clean the thing out, a dark grime and residue coats the bottom and the door within 2-3 uses. Our dishwasher is effing disgusting.
I do agree with all of them that a working dishwasher is way better environmentally and economically than hand washing. It honestly is. But if yours is like mine and is likely broken or budget and terrible well...not much you can do other than fix or replace it (we refuse to upgrade our landlords appliances for him, so we deal with it).
Definitely fair, especially since it isn't yours. Don't give up on all dishwashers once you move out though! When I did have a working one...omg the time savings from not handwashing 2-3 times every day adds up. They are such a blessing haha
Yeah that kitchen was way too clean beforehand. Once you reach the point that dishes in the sink piling up is a major obstacle, it doesn't look like that.
It's like telling someone who is depressed to cheer up, because look here's me showing a sad face but big things are coming because I am now smiling. But you ignore why they are depressed and what is blocking them from doing the chores in the first place.
Frankly this is demotivating. As you are telling people to just do it. Yeah no shit sherlock. But what about next time? The actual problem why the dishes were there still exists. And now they feel like a bigger failure as they can't continue with the "simple" stuff.
Look good, feel good. Could be your environment, your clothes, your cleanliness. Every little bit counts and no improvement is too small. You can break the rut. I know you can.
This gotta be the MadeMeSmile sub. It's full of dysfunctional crybabies who celebrate flossing and talking a shower or getting a haircut. You know.. basic non-caveman sh*t.
Holy moly, some of y’all are being so rude for a subreddit focused on Motivation. S/o to the commenters who are uplifting OP. “One step at a time” never mentions the size of the step 😮💨
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u/Cour_Wara_Le_Sarom Nov 24 '24
I tought this was a funny pic about the roomate, who printed out a pic of a clean sink and put it on top of the dirty dishes.