A Surprisingly Simple Laundry Hack for Busy Moms

You have finally put the kids to bed, your time has come to relax, to stop being mom, to catch up on your TV shows or your Instagram feed….

 

Then you see them…

 

Sitting there, taunting you, for the 2nd (ok, 3rd, ok, 6th night in a row). And you know that if you don’t get it done, your daughter will try to wear shorts in 30 degree weather because she doesn’t have any clean pants (because she did at least 3 costume changes tonight…)

 

You are so sick of laundry. It is never ending. It’s overwhelming. There are always mountains, so many pants to turn inside out, so many socks to find matches for, so many shirts to hang up.You can never seem to get on top of it. Whenever you get one mountain complete, another volcano of laundry is overflowing the hamper waiting to get cleaned.

 

Then, you hear a suggestion that has to be the craziest thing you ever hear.

“I do a load of laundry everyday and it has really simplified my laundry routine.”

Right….

Laundry everyday sounds worse…

Ok, maybe not worse than the mounds in the middle of your hallway because you thought moving your laundry room out of the basement was a good idea. And maybe not worse than the laundry baskets that you hide behind your bed out of sight whenever you have friends and family over. Definitely not worst than the hour you spend in your bedroom trying to fold laundry while your kids are playing nicely (“Whatever you are doing to each other, STOP!”)

So you give it a shot. You:

1. You add a reminder to your calendar to start laundry every morning
   The reminder is set for right after you get back from school drop-off so you don’t wake your youngest.

2. 

   You collect all the laundry in the house
   Including those gross smelling dish cloths, and start your load. You set a delay end time if you are gonna be out of the house all day so it doesn’t get that not-dried-fast-enough smell.
3. You switch the laundry from the washer to the dryer.
   
   The buzzer went off and it was easy enough to switch.
4. You put the clean laundry in a basket
   
   Definitely not a mountain. It barely fills the laundry basket. Really it’s only a couple outfits, most of the volume comes from the bath towels.
5. You get your kids involved putting the clothes away
   
   If they are old enough to pick out clothes, they are old enough to put them back where they belong too. They thinks it’s a game and race each other to see who can put it away fastest. It doesn’t have to be perfect, just done.
6. You check the time on your phone
   
   From the time you start sorting to the time you are done, it was 5 minutes. Seriously, that can’t be right.
7. You try again the next day
   
   3 minutes. How is this possible?

Since you aren’t matching infinite amounts of socks, and sorting by family member then sorting by clothing type, you get through it really quickly.

Laundry Vanquished! Achievement Unlocked!!

 

With all this recovered time and lack of trip hazards, you start spewing your newfound wisdom to anyone who will listen. Laundry everyday, it will change your life!! People look at you like you are crazy, but maybe, just maybe, it will change your life too 🙂