How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind: Dealing with Your House's Dirty Little Secrets

by Dana K. White

I don’t get to decide if certain things need to be done. I know for a fact they do.

So I’ve removed the decision-making process. I don’t get to make a decision about whether I do the dishes every night.

If I let myself make the decision, I’m almost always wrong. The day after I decide not to do the dishes, there are more dishes than can be run in one load, and I’m behind.

Don’t worry. I was disappointed, too, when I learned the reason other people’s dishes were always done was because they did the dishes every day. It’s a total bummer when you realize there really isn’t a better way.

Reality: To have a clean house, I have to clean it.