Day 9: Dishes and Laundry

Here we are again, back to dishes and laundry. Why? Because I believe this habit can make the biggest impact on feeling capable and independent when talking about cleaning.

Habits are powerful, but they take time to develop. The popular saying that it takes "21 days" to make a habit, has been shown to be an underestimate, with researchers now indicating that building a habit depends greatly on the individual, and the new habit. The average time is 66 days, but harder habits could take up to 8 months before they come naturally, without thinking.

Don't get discouraged by this time frame though, since researchers also found that occasional missteps in building habits don't do much to dilute your efforts. This means for us that continually doing dishes and laundry each day will eventually form an easy-to-remember habit even though bad days are bound to happen for chronic sufferers.

The good news is, that dishes and laundry get a little easier each day you successfully complete them, so each day we're moving forward! For today, get each of these tasks done and recognize that you are moving a step closer towards your goals of an achievable, chronic clean.

We'll continue to revisit these two tasks, to ensure that this is one habit that slowly, over-time will become second-nature to even the most chronic sufferer.

Because everyone deserves to have clean clothes and dishes!

See 31 days to a Chronic Clean.