Find and secure a partner who likes doing laundry and gets mad if you try to help.
I still feel guilty, even though I help in many other ways.
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#12You can just drive it to a laundromat and have them do it. It's not really that expensive.
How much do you spend monthly on laundromat?
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#13Reduce the laundry you need to do. I only own three outfits. Hand washing a single outfit every day takes less than 10 minutes. Costs nothing. Hang dry. No folding.
What about bed sheets? Do you have a stable temperature all year around? You don’t do sport? You don’t have young kids?
Same advice applies. Most people have an unnecessary amount of clothing which makes laundry a big job.
You need one set of sheets. But you only need to wash once every 2-4 weeks if you shower before bed. If you do gym and sport, you only need one pair of shorts and jersey. With daily sport, that’s only two outfits to hand wash per day - a quick job.
If you have multiple kids, sure, you might want a washing machine. With minimal clothing you should only need to do one load. Folding can be avoided by hanging clothes.
Alternatively, you could take the opposite route. Have 15-30 outfits and multiple sets of sheets, and only do a big laundry session once per month ;)
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#14Find and secure a partner who likes doing laundry and gets mad if you try to help. I still feel guilty, even though I help in many other ways.
Lol I’m that partner. I’m very particular about how clothes should be washed and dried. I care about things like sorting loads, proper machine settings for what’s being washed, etc.
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#15Try the Trofast Laundry System https://twitter.com/hellobasak/status/1646950403911589893
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#16Accept that it's a chore and it's ok not to like doing it, but also that you're an adult and it still needs doing. So promise yourself a reward when its done, then power on and jfdi.
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#17I got a girlfriend.
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#18I listen to podcasts while doing domestic tasks!
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#19Laundry is ok but folding and ironing... luckily remote work also helped with that!
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#20I don't. My wife (a mother and homemaker) does it all. I should show her more appreciation for having clean clothes magically appear in my dresser.
Back in the day, you could take your bags of laundry to a laundry service and pay very little to have them washed and folded. If you're financially-comfortable, tip generously.
Laundry robots and lifehacks sound too complicated.