“I love it when my justifications for avoiding housework are actually legitimate. ”
“Try to avoid complaints. Self-pity even when legitimate never fails to undermine your strength.”
“By all means, avoid words—threats, complaints, justification, narratives, reframing, attempts to win arguments, supplications; avoid words!”
“I'm getting better at avoiding this, but when something sets me off, I tend to punch first and then find out who I actually his later.”
“The cruel irony of housework: people only notice when you don't do it.”
“What you'll find, I think, is that the things you most want to avoid are the things that make you feel the greatest when you actually do them.”