| Keeping your home clean should seem like something | | | | organized, especially where your home is involved: "If |
| that shouldn't be that difficult to do. However, for | | | | you have the time to put a dish in the sink, then you |
| many households around the United States, keeping | | | | have the time to wash it." It's true! The best thing |
| a clean house is easier said than done. | | | | about this saying is that it is completely applicable to |
| In a day and age where you have not only one | | | | all aspects of your personal life. If you stop to think |
| partner but two partners working full time jobs, | | | | about the time it took to put a dish in the sink, how |
| things can sometimes get a little hectic and out of | | | | much effort would it really take to turn right around |
| control. Suddenly that dish that you left in the sink | | | | and wash it? If you are making dinner for you and |
| has found a new home for the next few days buried | | | | your significant other, obviously, you will be putting |
| underneath other dishes and debris that you have | | | | more than one dish in the sink-so why not get him or |
| piled in there in a hurry as you rushed out the door. | | | | her involved to at least help you load the dirty dishes |
| "I'll get to it later..." you reassure yourself. But later | | | | into the dishwasher? In doing this, you avoid having a |
| when 'later' comes, yo walk in the door and you're | | | | pile of unwanted, dirty dishes in your sink, and you |
| absolutely exhausted from the long day that you've | | | | are contributing towards making your apartment or |
| spent at work. You somehow muster up enough | | | | home look nice and neat. |
| energy to drag yourself to the gym to work out | | | | Clutter, contrary to the doubters out there, is |
| before returning home, grabbing a quick bite to eat | | | | actually the source of stress in the homes of many |
| and collapsing. The absolute last thing on your mind is | | | | Americans around the country. It is the source of |
| the dishes until you realize that you are going to | | | | debate as well as heated arguments between |
| have company over on the weekend. | | | | spouses and can often leave people feeling |
| Now, instead of being too tired to do anything, | | | | completely and totally overwhelmed. Therefore, you |
| you're stressed out as you stare at the pile(s) of | | | | should make your best effort to try to clean up |
| laundry that have somehow materialized in the corner | | | | after yourself whenever possible. Why, imagine what |
| as well as the towering pile of dishes in your sink. By | | | | the world would be like if everyone did this! You |
| the time your company arrives, you're so exhausted | | | | wouldn't see as much litter on the ground, beds |
| from cleaning that you can't really enjoy them the | | | | would be made, laundry would be done and dishes |
| way that you would like to. | | | | would be washed and put away. |
| My mother has this theory about staying neat and | | | | |