Quick Laundry Update (again)

So, the new laundry system is still in place and still working! There are a few things I have noticed that I wanted to share.

1. I am learning that maintenance is the key to success with any changes you try to make. There must be a plan for daily maintenance/up-keep if you want to be successful. When I started this new laundry system, I had a plan for the daily up-keep of my system. That plan was vital for the success that I am experiencing. 

2. I am doing fewer loads of laundry per week. Yes, the daily load plan means fewer loads. As you can guess, that saves me time and money. Because of the sorting system I am using, I can wait until I have enough of a particular type of laundry to do a full load. In the past, I would wash all of the laundry every weekend. That meant I typically washed 6 loads of laundry per week. Of course, I adjusted the water lever for each load to save water, but now I am also saving electricity. I do have to wash my work clothes each week, but everything else can be washed as needed.

3. Bringing the laundry down to be sorted is quick and keeps my house looking less cluttered. I try to use little 5-7 minute chunks of time to manage the sorting. That means the laundry baskets rarely get full and are never overflowing (as they always were in the past). It also helps me with reminding my children not to leave dirty laundry on the floor. A few times a week, I tell the girls to do a "laundry round-up." That means that all of their dirty laundry (from the floor and their baskets) has to be brought to one central basket for me to take to the basement. There is very little dirty laundry hanging around on the main floors of the house.