“If while washing dishes, we think only of the cup of tea that awaits us, thus hurrying to get the dishes out of the way as if they were a nuisance, then we are not “washing the dishes to wash the dishes.” What’s more, we are not alive during the time we are washing the dishes. In fact we are completely incapable of realizing the miracle of life while standing at the sink. If we can’t wash the dishes, the chances are we won’t be able to drink our tea either. While drinking the cup of tea, we will only be thinking of other things, barely aware of the cup in our hands. Thus we are sucked away into the future—and we are incapable of actually living one minute of life.”
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especially if you’re like me and eating dinner late tn!!!! now it wont be midnight and there’s so many dishes to do which means i dont get overstimulated and wait to do them in the middle of the night when i am of sound mind
Mar 4, 2024
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I once had a roommate who would wash her dishes to “it’s all coming back to me now” every night. She said it was long enough to get through all the dishes.
Getting to put on a good song and zone out on some manual labor to end the day
Jan 24, 2025
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Because there aren’t many better feelings than waking up to an empty sink.
Feb 21, 2024
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the sexiest way to discover new music is NOT spotify algorithims, but a visual map of every music genre.... click twice to view top artists associated w that genre.... happi explorin' 🤿
Aug 23, 2024
been feeling frustrated w my spotify discovery weekly - started listening to my liked songs on shuffle and wow so much great music I totally forgot in service of NEW stuff. it's like a discovery weekly your old self curated
Nov 28, 2024
i saw anya taylor joy with one so then i took my mom's old one. it's honestly so convenient and the extra step it takes to open my phone has decreased my phone use time by maybe 10%.
Aug 21, 2024