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I despise laundry. How can I make my life contain less of it? (lemmy.ml)
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The part I despise the most is putting them in the closet. I've tried many solutions, but I've not found any that made the job less tedious.

When I was a student, I just threw my clothes into various shelves based on the type and considered that good enough. I did not fold clothes ever. I just threw the boxers in one shelf, the socks in another, T-shirts in another, pants in another.

As an adult with a family, this won't be accepted anymore.

I had a period in which I had a dryer, but I did not find that it saved me a lot of time because the fastest way to get the laundry into the shelves and the hangers is by sorting it first. And if I had to sort it anyways, I could just sort it on the drying rack and put it on the hangers on the drying rack.

I think it's fairly hard to find solutions to fix this.

I have considered mapping out each step, and then try to identify the pain points. Then find ways to remove as much friction as possible. Kind of like how an UX designer would handle this.

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[–] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

I think there’s unavoidable costs to doing laundry.

But I try to minimize them by doing stuff like rolling my t-shirts instead of folding them.

Also, you mentioned UX design. Well, I do a bit of Lean, if you want to call it that. In particular, I minimize switching costs by focusing on one type of item at a time. For example, first I get all the boxers out of the pile of washed clothes. Then I check they’re not inside out. Then I roll them. And then I place them where they have to go.

I adopt a production line mindset. And it can become a game. How fast can I do it this time?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    Washing smalls separately from large items cab be safer for the clothes and easier for sorting. Also t-shirts can be washed all together and then you have a load of just t-shirts, much simpler, no switching, and you can really get in the groove.

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