My good wife says she switches off all her problems when she is busy tidying up. I suppose it is also a question of what you are used to. Good habits can be created and, I suppose, maintained, from a degree of diligence. In my bachelor days, in the kitchen, for example, I ate simple meals, often repeated (but not fast foods), used few utensils and so on. I generally tried to keep my life as simple as possible so maintenance was also pretty easy.
