Many tasks will demand to be done again. “Again” can be difficult, though, possibly because knowing a task won’t be completed “once and for all” can make the task feel like more of an imposition. It’s as if the task of doing the laundry today takes on an additional weight from all the future times we know we will have to do the laundry.
“Maintenance” can offer a similar challenge. Knowing how much better the house will be after performing some maintenance may not be enough of a motivation to do the work.
We may discover that the attitude we bring to certain types of work can make the work harder, but this self-knowledge isn’t in itself a cure. Fortunately, our attitude is not a fixed, unchanging thing.