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When I was a kid I hated washing the dinner dishes by hand in the kitchen sink. Hated it! I would do anything to get out of it. Finally resorting to doing such a bad job of it that my mom had to give in and do them herself.

Our new home in Maine does not have a dishwasher.

I do, however, have something that I did not have when I was younger. Patience. And an appreciation for a job well-done. Now, I actually enjoy doing the dishes by hand. It gives me a chance to be purely in the moment, mindful of the washing and the rinsing, letting all of my other thoughts vanish.

When I wash the dishes, I wash the dishes.

When you multi-task, the efficiency level of any given part of your attention goes down. You are not giving anything your best, nor will you get the best possible result. Work on “mono-tasking“.

Do one thing at a time. You may find that you get more done, and more importantly, things will get done better.