{"id":853,"date":"2012-01-25T19:03:17","date_gmt":"2012-01-26T01:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/?p=853"},"modified":"2012-01-25T16:22:42","modified_gmt":"2012-01-25T22:22:42","slug":"hate-doing-laundry-alternative-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/2012\/01\/hate-doing-laundry-alternative-solution\/","title":{"rendered":"Hate Doing Laundry? \u2013 An Alternative Solution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI hate doing laundry,\u201d someone told me the other day (we\u2019ll call her Jane and respect her anonymity) \u201cit\u2019s the worst household chore of all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So I responded, \u201cWhat is it about the laundry that you hate?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of the things Jane won\u2019t do is mixing colors in the loads \u2013 each color needs to be washed and dried independently of the other colors.  Jane has 3 closets of clothes, moving through them as the week\u2019s progress, knowing when they get to a certain emptiness, laundry will need to be dealt with.<\/p>\n<p>It turns out that Jane separates all her clothes by color immediately.  She has 7 laundry baskets to collect the different colors and she avoids needing to sort the clothes when laundry time approaches.  As soon as it\u2019s time to handle the laundry, she can immediately begin the laundry process, loading a basket directly into the washer.<\/p>\n<p>Jane went and bought the largest capacity washer and dryer available \u2013 despite the salesman questioning her that she didn\u2019t need something so large for just herself.  She knew what she wanted \u2013 a way to reduce the amount of laundry she would need to do.  Jane definitely does not want to do laundry weekly \u2013 the least often is best for her.<\/p>\n<p>Once a month she sets aside time, usually Friday evening through Saturday night to get her laundry washed, dried, and put away.  She\u2019s then free for another month from having to do any laundry.<\/p>\n<p>The reality is that she doesn\u2019t hate her laundry anymore \u2013 she found a way to handle it in such a way that actually gives her pleasure.  Jane went on to say that she actually loves her laundry now!<\/p>\n<p>How this applies for you:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Identify what it is you dislike or even hate doing \u2013 whether it\u2019s laundry or dusting or whatever<\/li>\n<li> Brainstorm an idea for how to do it differently enough that it becomes less burdensome \u2013 so often we cannot eliminate tasks, yet we can still find an alternative approach<\/li>\n<li> Make it relatively easy for yourself \u2013 Jane has the different laundry baskets, the large capacity appliances, and does the laundry consistently in order that she keeps it easy enough to work for her \u2013 and if it\u2019s too hard, we won\u2019t do it anyway<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As with so much when it comes to organizing, finding a way that works for you is most important.  It doesn\u2019t matter if it makes sense to anyone else as long as it does make sense for you and your life.  In this example, weekly (or for some daily) laundry duty is the solution for many families, but for some it\u2019s the wrong approach.  Discover the approach that works for you and your family \u2013 and consider all options.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weekly or even daily laundry duty is often a solution for many families, while for others it\u2019s the wrong approach \u2013 as usual, finding the solution that fits you is what is most important \u2013 here\u2019s an alternative approach for handling laundry duty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[10,8,5,9,22,4,17],"class_list":["post-853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-organizing","tag-behavior","tag-discipline","tag-household","tag-motivation","tag-productivity","tag-routines","tag-spaces"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7p82c-dL","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=853"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":857,"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853\/revisions\/857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}