Laundry

 I was having a conversation today with a friend about how overwhelmed she feels about folding and putting away laundry.  When I told her that I don't ever fold laundry, except for sheets and towels, that all clothes get just shoved into drawers or on shelves she was mind blown .  She couldn't believe that her OCD, organized, Enneagram One friend didn't fold her laundry.  Yep, that's my secret.  Laundry is my worst chore but I hate seeing it sitting around in baskets so I decided a long time ago that folding laundry was a waste of time and as long as it was in a drawer or closed closet where I couldn't see it it didn't matter to me how it was put away, unfolded and inside out.  (I do hang all of my shirts.)  There was a season, when Marie Kondo was popular, that I Kondo folded all the laundry and taught the kids to do the same, but that lasted maybe a year.  My kids have been doing their own laundry since they were little and as long as it's not on their floors or sitting in baskets then I don't care how it looks in their drawers because I don't have to see it.  Sure I may be doing my children's future spouses a disservice but whatever.  

Visible clutter gives me anxiety, but don't look in my closets, drawers, cupboards, or decorative baskets.  I will declutter and organize those spaces once a year or whenever I'm feeling there's something in my life that's out of my control.   Decluttering and reorganizing gives me a sense of control.  Those spaces will stay tidy for a while but it also doesn't bother me when it turns to chaos after a while.    I also have no qualms about throwing things away.

I also don't like sweeping or vacuuming, but having a dirty floor gives me anxiety so I invested in a Roomba.  Problem solved.  I've been applying The Lazy Genius's (@thelazygenius) principles to my life before I even knew about Kendra Adachi  I'm being a genius about what matters to me and lazy about the things that don't.  And having folded laundry doesn't matter to me. 

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