It helps that we have a high-efficiency washing machine.
. I did not emerge from this rabbit hole with fewer or better-curated clothes, though I do pare down my drawers slightly more frequently now.
By the time I’m ready to get the kid up for the pre-school breakfast-and-homework protocol, it’s time to switch the load to the dryer, after taking out a few selected items I hang-dry. The dryer finishes right before we go to work and school, and I take the clothes out and leave them in the “clean” hamper for the day. Then, when we get home, one of the evening “turnaround” tasks—make dinner, unpack lunchboxes, load dishwasher—is folding and putting away that small load of laundry.
Most importantly of all, I’ve got the kind of brain that gets a lot of pleasure out of perfecting and maintaining daily domestic routines, so I don’t mindhaving laundry to fold at 6:30 p.m. In fact, I find the rhythm of it quite satisfying. If this sounds like you, too: Join
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