The Mom-Life Hack That Eliminates Laundry Day
“If you ever get lonely, just remember the one who is ALWAYS there for you, laundry!” 😊
Busy, working moms, tend to have at least this one thing in common: the constant need to “catch up” on laundry.
But we are here to eliminate laundry days, check “Laundry” off the to-do list, and move on to more of what matters!
My old laundry routine used to go something like this:
Start the weekend with a laundry room full of dirty clothes piles and overloaded hampers.
Spend the entire weekend trying to keep up with the washing and drying of the multiple loads within those piles.
End the weekend completely exhausted and sick of laundry.
Spend the entire week getting dressed in the living room and folding in the evenings to chip away at the piles of clean clothes, which seem to be reproducing.
Repeat.
If this routine looks familiar to you, let’s try another way! Wash, dry, fold, AND put away just ONE load of laundry each day.
One load of laundry each day is more manageable and less overwhelming.
Laundry taken as one big weekly task is super overwhelming, and I know a lot of moms struggle with the anxiety of constantly feeling the need to “catch up” on laundry. By splitting the task up into a single-load task each day, we get to finally experience crossing laundry off the to-do list and moving on to better things!
Washing clothes throughout the week reduces the need for more clothes.
The one-load-of-laundry-per-day concept makes my minimalist heart so happy! We can re-wear clothes throughout the week and do not have to worry about running out of clean clothes. This makes it much easier to adopt a capsule wardrobe (which comes with its own list of bonus benefits like saving you LOADS of money and reducing decision fatigue by simplifying getting dressed in the morning).
Your house will look (and smell!) cleaner.
This one is pretty self-explanatory, right? Piles of dirty laundry take up extra space and do not add any positive vibes to your home’s feng shui. Also, there’s more than just clothes in your laundry pile. You likely have plenty of dirt, dust, dog hair, dirty dishwater residue, sweat, pizza sauce stains, spit-up, and poop mixed in there. Washing one load each day eliminates the big pile-up and reduces the amount of time that your clothes and your home get to soak in the aroma that this mix provides.
You will finally have time to wash your sheets!
I have seen some really terrifying statistics on how not-very-often people wash their sheets, but I also totally get the struggle. By the time you have washed and dried a week’s worth of clothes and towels, the last thing you want to do is add more to the pile by taking the sheets and blankets off your bed!
Committing to one load of laundry each day has given me the time to wash bedding, throw blankets, cleaning rags, and rugs on a regular basis, as I don’t have always have a full load of clothes to wash every day. It’s refreshing to have the time set aside, allowing me to clean these things regularly. This also does a lot for the overall cleanliness and smell of our home!
Side note: Perfectly separated laundry loads are overrated.
For the categories that I easily have a load each week for - such as my husband’s work clothes, my work clothes, microfiber cleaning cloths and sheets - I wash those things separately. Everything else pretty much gets lumped together, and nothing has been ruined. I’m careful about brand-new, highly-colored items and like to wash white socks on a warmer cycle with an extra oxy boost when it works out, but I think the general concept of separated loads is a hoax. If you have older children, you may find it helpful to separate loads by family member as opposed to colors, this definitely makes the putting away step much simpler and is a great way to get the kids involved in taking care of their own laundry! Sort your laundry in a way that is helpful to you, as opposed to being picky about the colors of the items in each load.
How does this look in real life?
The beauty of the one-load-per-day policy is that doing one load of laundry is not that much work! I was so used to doing multiple loads at one time, I was amazed how quickly I could fold and put away one load.
My ideal daily laundry schedule looks like this:
Before bed at night, fill a basket with the load of dirty clothes to be washed the next day.
The first thing in the morning, while I’m in the kitchen mixing up my Energize (pre-workout), is sneak into the laundry room and get that day’s load of laundry started in the washer.
I go about the rest of my morning routine and switch the laundry to the drier before I start my workout.
The laundry is dry and ready to be folded by the time my kids wake up, so I can sit with them over breakfast and fold.
In the evening after work, all I have to do is get that one, little, already folded load of laundry put away and cross “Laundry” off my list for the day!
Repeat each day.
And even when we don’t follow this schedule exactly, we simply do our best, and doing a couple of extra loads to catch up just is not the big deal that it used to be.
Have you implemented a laundry routine that you love? Share your thoughts in the comments! What would your one-load-of-laundry per day routine look like?
Bonus Tip:Find a laundry line that you LOVE!Using products that smell amazing, are safe for your family, you can trust to get all of the weird stains out, and are easy to use makes a world of difference in how easy and enjoyable your laundry process is. If you get a workout lifting your detergent jug or are still using a messy measuring lid, we need to talk!
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