How do you deal with menial tasks?

The worst menial task I deal with is: Dishes hygiene; I feel like I'm putting in too much effort into washing dishes, and it makes me struggle with doing the task at all.

• I wash a dish repeatedly because I feel like it.
• I try to wash all stains and food off dishes.

EDIT: I also dislike inefficiency, so this would be a good opportunity to improve my methods.