Be Grateful You Get To Do The Dishes

A paradigm shift that changed how I think about chores

Dirty dishes after Jaycees’ supper at high school. Eufaula, Oklahoma. Photographer Russell Lee

It’s been four months since I left my comfortable life in India and moved to a Caribbean island. Four months of figuring out and adapting to a new life and four months of doing the dishes.

As a pampered child, I never had to do any chores at home. We had a maid who’d come every morning…