The second area that consistently consumes a lot of time is laundry. Of course, the ideal solution is to have someone like “Alice” from The Brady Bunch TV show. (I actually met the actress once and she was a sweet gal even off camera!). But the reality is, especially in our current economic situation that you don’t have tons of hired help. All you need to do is to get organized to simplify this process.
So what’s the best way to lighten the laundry loads? Read on….
First of all, limit the amount of clothing available. By having less you automatically create less laundry simply because you don’t wait too long to wash! I’ve had friends and clients who actually have loaded their cars with dirty clothes and commandeered the local laund-o-mat just to get caught up. That’s a desperate (not to mention expensive) solution.
When there are no more clean clothes (or underwear) USUALLY people consider doing the laundry a priority. This can naturally create a consistent schedule and avoid overload.
The biggest time gobbler to doing laundry is the storing before washing and the sorting to deliver clean clothes to various closets and drawers. Save time here by doing laundry loads mostly in cold water (saves energy) by the person which saves delivery time.
The winning solution is to teach your family members to do their own laundry as soon as possible. I worked with my children at age 7 so by age 8 they were independent and in charge of their own laundry management. Think about it. By the age of 8 your kids can operate much more complex equipment than the washing machine can’t they?!
