Let’s talk dishes, people. I know they’re there. In your sink. Being gross. It’s OK. This is a big challenge, but it’s worth it. Roll up your sleeves. Grab your sponge and soap and rubber gloves, if you have ‘em. Have a clean, dry dishtowel on hand to dry with. If you’re lucky enough to have a dishwasher, empty it if it’s clean. If not, open it up and start loading. No dishwasher? Start washing. Wash until your dish drainer is full. This applies to you dishwasher-having people for all that stuff that can’t go in the dishwasher. Once you have no more space for clean dishes, start drying. Put them away. Go back for round 2.
You guys, I know it sucks, but it’ll be DONE. Think of how nice it’ll be to have it DONE. You won’t have to dread it anymore. Just suck it up, commit yourself to a few minutes (OK, maybe more) of annoying, repetitive activity, and do it. Do it now. Go.
Report back when you’re done.
You have a bunch of clothes sitting around. I know you do. Whether they’re clean and piled in a basket, or dirty and on the floor, or probably a bunch of both, they aren’t where they belong. Take 20 minutes to put that shit away. Clean: in drawers, hung up, or folded and put away. Dirty: in the hamper (or even better, in the washer). I just did three baskets full in 18 minutes, so it’s possible. Grab all the empty hangers out of your closet first.
If you’re at work, do it when you get home and then check in.
Report back when you’re done.
Did you do it?
Collect all the trash in your house. Take it out to where the trash goes.
DO IT. RIGHT FUCKING NOW.
Take five minutes and wipe it down and de-scuzz it. Take an extra two minutes and Windex the front of your oven and the part of the drawer that always collects grime.
BONUS CHALLENGE: De-grease your vent hood. Vinegar works well for this, as does a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser. (Mr. Clean should pay me for endorsing those things. They really are fucking magic.)
