Ignoring chores except for my dishes...
Posted: February 2nd, 2013, 10:46 am
My usual energy level is low, which means that when I have those two days off on the weekend, instead of cleaning, laundry, all the stuff I need to do gets delayed until the next weekend. And then pushed to the weekend after that, until a month has gone by since I've cleaned up my tiny apartment. The only reason I do laundry on any sort of schedule is because I will run out of underwear & socks...
BUT - I'm a bit obsessive over my dishes. It was only a few years ago when I went through my first round of unemployment (months) that I started to do my dishes constantly. Before, I would rinse and stack, until I absolutely needed to wash, and then it would be quite the chore. I have a very small apartment & kitchen so there's not much counter space, which made it difficult to stack and leave them for so long. So when I had all that free time from no job, I realized that instead of rinsing, I might as well wash them. Ever since then (aside from extremely low points) I've been a bit obsessive over washing my dishes. Sometimes two or three times in the evening while I'm cooking. My hands are always really dry from the constant washing.
But I won't do my laundry... I was planning on doing a load on Monday, it's not Saturday and I will put it off till tomorrow (conveniently I need more soap, why it's not happening today). Now, I think part of the avoidance is that I actually have to use the room in the building right next door (same property owners), so I have to leave my apartment to go to the building (steps away). But still, I need clean clothes, towels, bedding, and I keep avoiding it! And washing my floors! I have a cat who tracks litter and instead of doing that bit of work to have the great clean floors I love, I sit on my computer all weekend, drinking too much coffee & smoking too much... Where the hell is that obsessive energy with the dishes when the rest of my place is a disaster!
Does anyone else completely ignore some things while obsessing over something else?
BUT - I'm a bit obsessive over my dishes. It was only a few years ago when I went through my first round of unemployment (months) that I started to do my dishes constantly. Before, I would rinse and stack, until I absolutely needed to wash, and then it would be quite the chore. I have a very small apartment & kitchen so there's not much counter space, which made it difficult to stack and leave them for so long. So when I had all that free time from no job, I realized that instead of rinsing, I might as well wash them. Ever since then (aside from extremely low points) I've been a bit obsessive over washing my dishes. Sometimes two or three times in the evening while I'm cooking. My hands are always really dry from the constant washing.
But I won't do my laundry... I was planning on doing a load on Monday, it's not Saturday and I will put it off till tomorrow (conveniently I need more soap, why it's not happening today). Now, I think part of the avoidance is that I actually have to use the room in the building right next door (same property owners), so I have to leave my apartment to go to the building (steps away). But still, I need clean clothes, towels, bedding, and I keep avoiding it! And washing my floors! I have a cat who tracks litter and instead of doing that bit of work to have the great clean floors I love, I sit on my computer all weekend, drinking too much coffee & smoking too much... Where the hell is that obsessive energy with the dishes when the rest of my place is a disaster!
Does anyone else completely ignore some things while obsessing over something else?