I’ve recently discovered a game changer in my life that I’ve tried once before but failed at, and really, really desperately hope I can continue doing.

And I pinky promised it with James before the beginning of the year.  So there.

The game changer decision came after being buried in laundry for a few weekends in a row.  And I’m not talking about just a little bit of laundry. I’m talking about like loads upon loads.  Twelve maybe.  At once.  And that’s not an exaggeration.  Like, so much laundry that it literally takes two hours to sort, fold and put away.  Mounds of it laying on the family room floor.  And this happened for many weekends in a row–it was enough to send me to the looney house.  I would sweat at the sight of it.

And so I promised myself (and James), that I would snap out of it.  I promised that I would do one load every single day.  And FOLD it in that same day.  AND PUT IT AWAY in that same day.  No excuses.

And for two amazing weeks, I have done just that.  You wouldn’t believe how much better I feel about myself, my house, my day.  It sounds so simple really.  But putting it into practice takes a sincere dedicated effort, at least for me (perhaps not for some of you, who are probably shaking your head saying “I cannot believe she is just now thinking of this”).  Sometimes, I’m a little lagging on the things that simplify life.

Some days I’ve had to do two loads. . . the puke bug hit our house recently–and yes, we had more than one load multiple days in a row.  But I still folded and put them away on the same day.

For those of you struggling with the overflowing hampers. . . the weekend laundry marathons. . . just give it a shot.  Do one more marathon to get everything all washed, and then do one.load.every.single.day.  Your hampers will never fill up all the way.  You won’t feel sloppy.  You will feel accomplished. And you will be patting yourself on the back come the weekend 🙂