Sink Satisfaction
(No, this is not my sink, but I wish it was!)
I know this sounds very house-wife-ish, but I have come to stand by this way of thinking in the kitchen:
A sparkling sink becomes your kitchen’s benchmark for hygiene and tidiness, inspiring you to load the dishwasher immediately and keep counters, refrigerator doors, and the stove top spick-and-span, too.
I suppose my desire to have a clean sink comes from the house I was raised in. Everything feels in order when the dishes are done and put away. I don’t mind making a mess in the kitchen. In fact, that is how I cook (especially, how I bake). But until the sink is clean, I am not satisfied.
I feel extremely messy, dirty, and disorganized when dishes (and food) are left in the sink. I take pride in my clean kitchen, so it becomes difficult when other people don’t see eye to eye with me on this issue. I think they just don’t understand how my brain works.
I didn’t really know that anyone else felt like this until I was reading How to Speed-Clean Your Kitchen on RealSimple.com. The article referred to the author of Sink Reflections and creator of the housekeeping website, FlyLady.net: “‘Keep it empty and shining,’ says Marla Cilley.” Why? Because it is a simple task, easy to accomplish and maintain. If you always have a starting point or a constant, everything else will fall into place. Plus, it keeps bacteria from forming layers of biofilm (yuck!).
While you may not find it necessary to always have an empty and clean sink, it is for me. And I can almost guarantee you will find my sink in order. Otherwise I will be slightly (to majorly) distracted until it is.
Thank you for your patience and understanding.
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