Making laundry more inconvenient made me hate it less
I always used to hate laundry. So many steps, lots of time commitment, and it always felt overwhelming. More often than not my laundry basket would be for my clean clothes and my dirty ones would pile up on the floor.
However, I moved into a new apartment (coming up on a year). No in unit laundry, community washer is small and costs 2 bucks, and most importantly: the dryer sucks. Clothes don’t dry until the 3rd cycle, which would be an extra 6 dollars. Being in college, I can’t afford that every week lol.
And so, I started air drying my laundry. Got a cheap $10 drying rack; it takes up a bunch of space in my room when I put it up, but it gets the job done.
Here’s what makes it a hack; every step now feels urgent (easy motivation) or easier to initiate. I have to get my clothes immediately after they’re done from the washer, as it’s the only one on the floor, making it feel urgent. After getting my wet clothes from the washer, I have to put them up right away on the rack so they don’t get moldy. Then, the magical part, my hamper is now open for new clothes & I can take as long as I need to ignore the drying clothes. And since it takes up so much space in my room, it being a physical nuisance motivates me to fold my laundry once it’s dry. The loads need to be small to fit in the washer/dry properly on the rack, so I don’t even need to fold that much; which is great, it’s my least favorite step.
Now, laundry feels way easier even though it’s technically more inconvenient. I highly recommend trying it out if you hate laundry.
TL;DR: Start air drying your laundry. Ideally the rack will block your bed for max annoyance. Less steps and more urgent.