Washing dishes slowly with the window open can be the calmest ten minutes of a busy day.

Simple physical tasks can be the least demanding part of a day. Warm water, one clear job, no decisions to make and nothing asked of you mentally, which is a rarer combination than it sounds. Chores get rushed because they count as obstacles, and rushing removes the one good thing about them.

Take the next one slowly on purpose. Open a window, leave the music off, let it take the ten minutes it takes. You will not enjoy every chore this way, and you may be surprised how much of the day it fixes.