A Messy Life
Is Too Difficult

I like to have my home, car and office be picked up. I don't like a messy look. These areas are where I spend the majority of my time. I want them to look good, be comfortable and function well. They don't if they are messy.

I like to wash the dishes right after a meal as much as possible. It is easier to wash the dishes right away before the food hardens.

I know a lot of people only use a few dishes each meal. So they only do dishes after they have a number of dishes to wash. This works ok with a good dishwasher. It doesn't work that great when you do them by hand.

I would rather just spend a few minutes every day washing a few dishes than spend a lot of time every couple of days on this chore. It is just easier to do a little at a time.

Since I just use a bowl and spoon for cereal most work day morning's for breakfast I just rinse these off before leaving for work and wash them later with my dinner dishes.

If I cook some eggs in the morning I would wash those dishes right away because I would need to get up earlier to cook.

I remember some guys in college who did not do their dishes for about the last 3 weeks of the semester. They used every plate, bowl, utensil, pot and pan they had. All of them were full of hardened on food and filled all their countertops and were scattered all over the kitchen. It was funny then. When I think of it now, it's just disgusting.

I like the beds to me made in the morning. I don't like to go into my bedroom and see a messy bed. When I go to bed I want to get into a comfortable made bed. I don't want to wrestle around with the blankets late at night when I am exhausted. I want to sleep at night, not make a bed or struggle with the blankets.

I keep books in their proper place on a bookshelf. I love books. I have a lot of books. I buy them. I borrow them from the library. I download them from the computer. But I don't like them piled all over the place.

I only keep out what I am reading at the time. I may be reading a bunch from the library. In that case I keep them neatly stacked by my main reading chair. As soon as I finish a library book, it goes into a bag to take back to the library. As soon as I finish a book I own, it goes back on the shelf.

I can only read so much at once. I might have a book by my bed and another by my living room chair. If the book you are reading is interesting or important then you should be able to carry it around with you.

I only keep the papers I am currently working on out. Having all the papers out for multiple projects really makes life difficult. Finding something is a nightmare when all your papers are out.

It’s a daily habit to keep putting things away. It doesn’t take much time if you do it daily and you don’t have much stuff.

I don’t like to work on too many things at once. I like to concentrate on only a few things at a time. If I have too much stuff lying around, it’s distracting.

It always seems to me that people who have a lot of stuff out are messy and don’t get a lot accomplished.

I like to have my home and car always ready for guests. It is nicer for them, but really that is the way I want it. I am not compulsive cleaner but I like my home to be clean and not messy.

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