My toughest task is dealing with these quizzes! So often there are no appropriate (for me, and perhaps anyone) answers listed and that forces me to this column.
Take down the Christmas tree and store all the ornaments. At this point I’m torn about just leaving it up. This year is a new record, even for me. I usually shoot for Valentine’s Day.
Did anyone else lie and select “I am an entirely efficient human” because none of the other options fit and you didn’t want to bother leaving a comment?
/giphy Hmmmmm
I stayed in a hotel for a week recently… My ‘walking across the room to turn off a light, setting an alarm clock, and using a TV remote’ skills have seriously atrophied in this post Google Home world.
@RiotDemon Yes they are. I can remember falling into a heap on the floor because I couldn’t make up my mind of what clothes to put on in the morning. And wasn’t going anywhere. Or deciding to write a ck to the electric company to keep the lights on.
It gets better. But if you need some temporary help in a pill form then get it. It’s better than not coping. Just don’t stay on it long.
I found a digital watch in a drawer this morning. I found it because the alarm was going off. I couldn’t figure out how to tell it to never go off again. I threw it away. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Where is the “most of my family has this problem (including me) so I am the one doing these most of the time or the house would be more of a disaster than it currently is” option?
Clean the trap in the bathroom sink. Fortunately there is an emergency backup sink (the other side of the dual vanity), but I know it too will eventually back up.
having to use a laundromat solved all the laundry related tasks for me.
i suppose these aren’t quite as simple as the ones listed in the poll but:
painting - i get about one stroke in and turn into a whiny child. i can’t explain it. i ran out of paint doing our bedroom so there’s a couple small unfinished bits. that was five years ago.
cleaning the floors. hardwoods in the living room/bedroom/stairwell/weird no purpose room - occasionally i’ll vacuum along the edges but i pretty much never really clean them
cleaning the tub - we have an old clawfoot and i can’t find a way to scrub it that isn’t extremely painful for me so i just don’t do it ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Replace batteries in smoke alarms at times that are convenient to me, instead of urgently at 3 AM in the morning…
@shahnm They make fire alarms with a multi-year battery.
@rtjhnstn And yet, at some year, they start chirping loudly at about 3 AM.
@rtjhnstn @shahnm
When you are awake, you are the smoke detector.
Change that clock every daylight savings time change. It’ll eventually be right again. Or not…
/youtube Chicago does anybody really know what time it is
Mess up all of those interesting and amusingly precarious piles of clothes and actually put them away in their proper places…
@shahnm I’ve come to accept that the pile is the proper place.
@nogoodwithnames @shahnm otherwise, where would the cats take their naps?
@stolicat
Scratch the middle of my back.
(without a reach extender)
My toughest task is dealing with these quizzes! So often there are no appropriate (for me, and perhaps anyone) answers listed and that forces me to this column.
@andyw I think that is the plan…
Get out of bed.
Consistently empty the dishwasher after it has finished.
Moving the clean, dry clothes from the dryer to anywhere else.
Change the batteries in the door keypad.
Take down the Christmas tree and store all the ornaments. At this point I’m torn about just leaving it up. This year is a new record, even for me. I usually shoot for Valentine’s Day.
@katbyter if it’s still up at this point I vote leave it. You can say it’s up for Christmas in july
3 words: counting
Changing the bedsheets. Ugh…
Did anyone else lie and select “I am an entirely efficient human” because none of the other options fit and you didn’t want to bother leaving a comment?
/giphy Hmmmmm
@Mehrocco_Mole leavin commets is hrd
Using the TV remote. Okay, that is really holding onto the TV remote.
I stayed in a hotel for a week recently… My ‘walking across the room to turn off a light, setting an alarm clock, and using a TV remote’ skills have seriously atrophied in this post Google Home world.
Fold clean clothes and get them stashed away.
I mean…It’s probably more efficient to just rotate between clean and dirty baskets anyway, really.
Getting completely involved with Meh’s as a member! I just never get past buying stuff & commenting mostly BS! My Bad!!
@decoratedwarvet Is there anything else?
Edging after mowing.
You can’t see those weeds along the fence, can you?
Empty the dishwasher!
Clicking the Meh button after the recent restrictions went into effect.
@Mothersnakes restrictions? what did i miss?
Most simple tasks are hard when you’re depressed. This is why I talked to a doctor to get help.
@RiotDemon Yes, argh! The littlest things are so freaking exhausting.
@RiotDemon Hmm… Just asking for a friend here, you wouldn’t happen to know of some… directory, or something, would you?
@RiotDemon
However many simple tasks can you just dump?
Just not do?
(Temporarily or permanently?)
Just do it. Dump them. Take that break.
Many things that “need to get done” don’t actually need to be done at all.
Or, it’s totally cool to take a vacation from them. Especially if you aren’t a caretaker of children or whatever.
After a while you will figure out what tasks matter to you and which ones you’ll want to dump for good.
You’ve been heroic for a long time. It’s cool to be entirely imperfect right now. Self-indulgent, if you wish. And for the next good while.
@RiotDemon Yes they are. I can remember falling into a heap on the floor because I couldn’t make up my mind of what clothes to put on in the morning. And wasn’t going anywhere. Or deciding to write a ck to the electric company to keep the lights on.
It gets better. But if you need some temporary help in a pill form then get it. It’s better than not coping. Just don’t stay on it long.
I went to college to be an engineer. Even a lot of difficult tasks are easy for me to do. (all I need is the instructions)
@olperfesser 5 yeers ago I cudn’t even spell enjuneer, and now I are 1
/image enjuneer
I found a digital watch in a drawer this morning. I found it because the alarm was going off. I couldn’t figure out how to tell it to never go off again. I threw it away. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
I can’t tie my shoelaces. I have to make bunny ear loops to do it.
@Barney Get these. There a few different ones but we have not tried them.
/image shoelaces pinch tie
@speediedelivery Don’t try to confuse me. I have conquered the bunny loops and I am proud.
/giphy bunny loops
@Barney I love Bugs
!
Not so much bugs unless they stay outside and don’t bite, sting of crawl on me
.
Where is the “most of my family has this problem (including me) so I am the one doing these most of the time or the house would be more of a disaster than it currently is” option?
@mollama I am not the only one? I get so frustrated sometimes.
@mollama @speediedelivery
Go on strike or work slow-down?
@f00l @mollama @speediedelivery
I’ve tried the strike/work slow-down: nobody but me notices how much worse everything is getting
@compunaut @f00l @mollama I have tried this tactic. Either it is not noticed or it doesn’t bother him. It bothers me more than it should
Clean the trap in the bathroom sink. Fortunately there is an emergency backup sink (the other side of the dual vanity), but I know it too will eventually back up.
Fold fitted sheets.
@Exodor easy peasy, here ya go!
Decide what to have for dinner.
having to use a laundromat solved all the laundry related tasks for me.
i suppose these aren’t quite as simple as the ones listed in the poll but:
Moving the little lever down that stops the electrons from exciting a filament, a gas, or a diode.
@hchavers and this gets worse if you have those three-way switch setups and you have decide which one to stop the electrons at …
/giphy 3 way switch
emptying dishwasher I really hate it for some reason
Cling Wrap. it will only cling to me or itself.
Go to bed at a reasonable time.
@Al_Coholic This.