Or do what I do and wash things as you cook only to realize that you're going to need the thing you washed to finish whatever you're making. You get to do 3x the cleaning per 1x cooking.

This is easily avoided by doing a tiny bit of thinking with a pinch of foresight.

I am not a smart person.

It's really just an amortization or, perhaps, an atomization of effort; sadly many don't really value the benefits of that behavior.

Very true, but I submit that the wisdom of "clean as you cook" is obvious on day 2.

Did you reply to the wrong comment?