Need to change the dishwashing situation

This summer I've been terrible with washing dishes. As in I've barely washed any, all the dishes have gone into the washer. This is extremely unlike me, I was the opposite until last year. I'd hate for dishes to pile up on the sink, I'd do anything to get them away cleaned, and dried. But this season since I haven't been cooking as much, I haven't had the 'time' to be washing up while something gets cooked, so the dishes pile up on the sink for a couple of days until they get put in the machine. The large pile of dishes is a discouraging factor for me to cook, honestly. And that feeds into me not wanting to wash further, so a bit of a vicious cycle there. Need to fix this situation, this is not sustainable at all, not adult-like at all of me.