I never understood why some people get so stressed out about cooking - whether it's a week night meal or cooking for a large gathering during the holidays. It's really not that hard, and if you simply clean as you go and are organized, it's quite fun. Several times over the past 10-15 years I've cooked Thanksgiving/Easter/Christmas dinner for my whole family all by myself and had the kitchen completely cleaned by the time the food was ready. My mom or my sister on the other hand, when they try to do it, get all flustered and let pots and pans and dishes pile up the whole time, that by the time they are "done" the kitchen looks like a war zone and they spend the next couple hours worrying about cleaning all that up.
I'm fine and enjoy the hell out of it, as long as nobody else is in the kitchen with me. I cannot stand anyone else being in there getting in my way constantly. In fact when I used to work as a line cook/kitchen manager, I would send all the other cooks home early as soon as possible - which our general manager of course loved. I am more efficient working by myself in most cases, unless we were completely slammed like on a weekend dinner rush.