The anticipation is the worst part: use a timer to check chores off your list

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We all have thankless, annoying, daily tasks we dread. For some, it’s emptying the dishwasher. For others, it’s wiping down counters after the kids ate and made a mess for the 9th time today. Or restocking toilet paper in the bathroom when it’s low. Or folding laundry.

Whatever it is, you’re not alone. And I have a hack to help you get over these tasks and move on with your life.

I’ll use the kitchen as an example, since that’s the hardest working machine in your house.

Let’s do a little fun math to get warmed up. (Wait, doesn’t everyone find math relaxing?)

It takes X time to unload the dishwasher.

If you don’t unload it in the morning, then dishes pile up in the sink. Food dries on the dishes, cooking is harder, disarray grows. You feel dread creeping in the longer you look at this undone chore. The job of cleaning the kitchen grows and grows.

When you finally get this mess under control it takes Y time. Only now, the a…