Reddit reviews Scotch Brite Soap Dispensing Dishwand with Heavy Duty Head

I'm always super careful to only hold scotch bright in tension so that if it catches it'll just slip out of my grasp. Anything in compression gets a tool to separate it from my fleshy bits; like pliers or tongs.

or...maybe?

I'd rather spend .01% of my life being an anal annoyance than have it cut short or spend the remainder without my precious fleshy bits. I'm too ugly to lose my polishing hand.

I'm not sure there are any perfect solutions - If there are I haven't found them yet.

But for dishes:

• Own fewer dishes. Even if you dirty all of them, the pile will be more manageable/less-intimidating. You could downsize a bit or go on the extreme end and have only 1 or 2 of each dish.
  
• Get a countertop dishwasher if you can. You can look for one used so it's not so expensive.
  
• Soak your dishes. You may not be able to get into cleaning them right after, but always at least put water in them. Otherwise, they will be harder to clean later.
  
• Get one of these dish wands. I don't know if you have any specific issues with doing the dishes, but I used to absolutely hate it and thought it was really gross. I still don't get excited to do the dishes but using a dish wand has made it easier for me personally and that has helped a lot.
  
• Do your dishes while you're waiting for something else. Commercials during TV? Wash some dishes. Waiting for the oven to preheat? Water to boil? Do some dishes. If you're waiting for something in the kitchen it at least makes you less likely to walk off and forget about it anyway.
  
• Find something else that makes doing dishes more enjoyable. Sometimes I like watching TV or listening to podcasts while I'm doing dishes and I find that helps.
  
• If you can't handle the thought of doing them all at once, promise yourself you are going to only wash a couple of dishes. Washing 3 dishes is a smaller hill to climb than washing all of them.
  
  Laundry is a lot harder and I still struggle with it tbh. But these are my tips:
  
  
• Schedule a time in the week to do it. Otherwise, it becomes easier to keep putting off because it takes a good amount of time to leave and go do it.
  
• You can hand wash some of your clothes (good for the ones that shouldn't be in the wash anyway). Quick tip: Instead of wringing your clothes (which isn't that great for them), you can also lay them flat on top of a towel, roll up the towel, and then stand on it. Unroll it, and it will be damp instead of soaking wet. You can hang it up overnight and it will be dry in the morning. This is good if you need to wash a couple important things but would be too much work for all of your laundry.
  
• Also tip for putting away laundry after - put all of your socks into mesh laundry bags to avoid losing any and to make it easier/faster to put them away afterwards. You can also buy the same socks so that they all match.
  
• Make going to the laundromat more enjoyable. Bring a book? Go to Starbucks before (or after)? Try to pair it with something you like doing.
  
  Basically my strategies are just make it more enjoyable, make it easier, and make it a habit. It's still not easy though.