… has to triage her to-do list. (Like so: “The kitchen is filthy. But if I take the time to clean it thoroughly, that will be all I have time to do today. If I half-ass it, I can probably half-ass a bunch of other rooms, too, and then I can maybe stand to live here for another week.”)
… discovers things, as she goes about the reduced to-do list, that make her say, “What the HELL happened?” (Examples: socks in the bookcase, dirty handkerchiefs in the treat bag they brought home from a friend’s birthday party.)
… complains to the imaginary task-master in her head. “Come ON. I am working so hard. Give me a damn break already. SERIOUSLY. LEAVE ME ALONE.”
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You are not the only one. I will not name the other person who has these issues in order to protect the guilty, but, um, it’s a good friend of mine.