WEBVTT - Run the dishwasher every night

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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<v Speaker 1>tip is to run the dishwasher every night. Doing so

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<v Speaker 1>will keep dishes from piling up, and we'll make your

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<v Speaker 1>kitchen routines far more orderly. So you may think this

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<v Speaker 1>is a weird tip coming from me, since I often

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<v Speaker 1>questioned and whether various household chores truly need to be done,

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<v Speaker 1>or at least whether they need to be done with

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<v Speaker 1>the frequency that Martha Stewart might recommend. I rarely make

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<v Speaker 1>my bed. I don't require my kids to make their

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<v Speaker 1>beds either. I don't fold my gym clothes or pajamas,

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<v Speaker 1>because why would I. They don't wrinkle, and it wouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>particularly matter if they did. But I am pretty much

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<v Speaker 1>a fundamentalist when it comes to running the dishwasher every

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<v Speaker 1>night and unloading it first thing every morning. You should

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<v Speaker 1>do this if you have a big household like mine,

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<v Speaker 1>and you should also do this if yours is a

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<v Speaker 1>much smaller household. Here's why it pays to run the

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<v Speaker 1>dishwasher every night, even if it is not completely jammed full.

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<v Speaker 1>If you start every day with an empty dishwasher. There

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<v Speaker 1>is no reason for dirty dishes to end up in

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<v Speaker 1>the sink or on the counter. Every dish can go

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<v Speaker 1>straight into the dishwasher. When the dishwasher is always available

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<v Speaker 1>for dirty dishes, you can set a clear expectation that

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<v Speaker 1>everyone puts their dirty dishes into the dishwasher immediately after meals,

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<v Speaker 1>after snacks, whatever. When everyone knows exactly what happens with dishes,

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<v Speaker 1>you will avoid dish pile ups because the dishes will

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<v Speaker 1>go into the dishwasher throughout the day. There won't be

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<v Speaker 1>a gross backlog after dinner, because the worst situation is

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<v Speaker 1>if you have a full, dirty dishwasher and dishes stacked up,

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<v Speaker 1>then you have to leave all the dirty dishes sitting

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<v Speaker 1>there while the dishwasher runs. Then you have to empty

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<v Speaker 1>in it, and then you have to fill it again.

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<v Speaker 1>Someone will have to come back into the kitchen hours

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<v Speaker 1>later to deal with it, or you start the morning

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<v Speaker 1>with a pile of dirty dishes from the night before,

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<v Speaker 1>and this probably does not improve anyone's morning mood. Having

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<v Speaker 1>a clear dishwasher routine also lets you avoid dish dilemmas.

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<v Speaker 1>You will never ask yourself, should we run the dishwasher

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<v Speaker 1>tonight or after breakfast tomorrow. The answer is to run

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<v Speaker 1>it tonight. You start the day with clean dishes, which

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<v Speaker 1>can then be put away, and you free up bandwidth

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<v Speaker 1>for contemplating far more interesting questions. I think there are

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<v Speaker 1>only a few exceptions to this rule of running the

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<v Speaker 1>dishwasher every night, and these are rare. The first exception

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<v Speaker 1>is if your household fills up the dishwasher well before

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<v Speaker 1>the end of the day. If that is the case,

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<v Speaker 1>then you should run it as soon as it is full,

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<v Speaker 1>perhaps right after lunch, and then empty it as soon

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<v Speaker 1>as the cycle is done. Then you can run it

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<v Speaker 1>before bedtime, just as a one time a day household would,

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<v Speaker 1>and empty it again in the morning. The other exception

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<v Speaker 1>is that if you are a household of say one person,

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<v Speaker 1>and you can consistently fit two days of dishes into

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<v Speaker 1>the dishwasher, then I suppose it is okay to run

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<v Speaker 1>the dishwasher every other night. But if even once or

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<v Speaker 1>twice a week or so you can't fit all of

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<v Speaker 1>the second day's dishes into the dishwasher, then it's time

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<v Speaker 1>to start running it nightly. This will save you any

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<v Speaker 1>pile ups of dirty dishes. If you are doubtful that

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<v Speaker 1>running the dishwasher every night is going to work for you.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe just try it for a couple of weeks. If

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<v Speaker 1>it doesn't work, you can return to whatever you are doing.

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<v Speaker 1>But if it does work, you might find that dishes

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<v Speaker 1>feel far more doable. Are there any household routines you

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<v Speaker 1>stand by like I stand by running the dishwasher every night?

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<v Speaker 1>You can let me know about them at Laura at

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<v Speaker 1>Laura vandercam dot com. You can also let me know

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<v Speaker 1>if you disagree with me on running the dishwasher every night.

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<v Speaker 1>I'd love to hear why and what you do instead.

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<v Speaker 1>In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and

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<v Speaker 1>here's to making the moost of our time. Thanks for

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<v Speaker 1>listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback,

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<v Speaker 1>you can reach me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com.

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