Bob quit his job and is working on forming a company with some of his friends. Since he no longer drives into an office every day, he has saved 40 minutes worth of a commute.

I felt the urge to offer suggestions for how to fill that extra 40 minutes a day: make the bed, empty the dishwasher, do some dishes, dust, vacuum… you get the point.

When I got home from work yesterday he was full of pride!

Bob: I washed the coffee press and I put my plate from lunch in the dishwasher. Aren’t you proud of me?

Me: Wow, you put a whole plate in the dishwasher? Also, when you washed the coffee press you set it on top of all of the dishes that were already dried in the strainer so now we have to wait for those to air dry again. Next time, empty the strainer first.

Bob: But aren’t you proud of me?

Ok, ok. I am so proud of you for putting a plate in the dishwasher. I’ll have some gold stars ready for next time! I appreciate the effort.

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