Okay, call me crazy, but… I love doing my family laundry! Seriously, I look forward to it😍
And you should too!
Though I was definitely not always like this. I used to let it pile up to an embarrassing height – some weeks I could have put Mount Everest to shame!🙈
But there came a time where I was just… well plainly, sick of it.
I grew tired of feeling lazy. I was tired of seeing piles of clothes everywhere and having to guess what was clean and what was dirty.
So I want to lend you my hand. I will help you up and over to the other side of Mount Clothing-Catastrophe. Because I know you can do it, too!
If you find it challenging to get your family laundry done consistently without having a backlog, here are some tips you can use to help make it a habit:
(Based on my personal experience!)
✨ This may be hard to swallow, but doing your laundry is self-care. I know, it is a chore, but it is a chore that benefits you and your well-being. So, by changing your mindset for how you approach getting your washing done, you’ll already win half the battle. Try sprucing up your space with products you enjoy using, that way you’ll be more inclined to do laundry when the reminder pops into your mind because it will be fun! Be sure that the products are still useful to your specific needs though.
✨ To build an actual routine – select a day(s) that makes sense for your needs. I’ve chosen Saturday. By then we usually have 3-4 loads: darks, whites & sheets, towels, and occasionally delicates.
✨ I recommend for a large family household doing laundry as many days a week as you physically can. Of course, this depends on your work schedule, how many kids you have, and how busy they are in their activities. A way to reduce your amount of laundry is by being mindful of the materials of clothing you’re buying, and how you launder them.
✨ Look at your work and family schedules to decide the best days and times for getting a load in. By doing your laundry little by little and as often as possible, you can avoid a buildup.
✨ This is my favourite trick and what I find to be the most efficient way. Doing certain types of loads on a specific day and making that a ritual. Example: Sundays are for whites and sheets, Tuesdays the darks, Thursdays for towels and rags, and Saturdays for delicates and kids’ school uniforms or the clothes they wore to school.
✨ Another way to get your routine organized is to get the whole family involved. Washing your own clothes is a life skill and habit you can teach kids at a young (but appropriate) age. Even little-little ones can help you collect scattered pieces of clothing! And on the plus side, when you send them off to college, they will already have had plenty of experience taking care of their own laundry!
✨ I believe my habits have stuck so well because I built my routine around my life. Not the other way around. Now I do it without a second thought. That’s what you should strive for too!
Example: On Saturdays, my husband and I like to go for a walk or bike ride in the morning. When I wake up the first thing I do is remove the bedsheets and put them in the wash along with the whites. The washing machine finishes by the time we have breakfast and get ready to leave, and I can then put the sheets into the dryer. Then, I’ll put a load of towels in the wash so that two loads of laundry are almost done when we come back from our walk. Then, when the sheets come out of the dryer, we make the bed right away, then put in all the darks.
And just like that, our weekly laundry is done!
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Sheets on Monday
Dark clothes on Monday and Thursday or Friday as required
Towels on Monday, Thursday and Saturday
Whites and delicates as needed
Rags as needed
Great schedule for laundry days.