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I bought a nice ironing board and iron because I thought doing chores would make me a better person. Instead I stare at a pile of wrinkled shirts everyday and f

I bought a nice ironing board and iron because I thought doing chores would make me a better person. Instead I stare at a pile of wrinkled shirts everyday and feel guilty.

kevin_thibedeau 9y ago
Do three shirts a day and the backlog disappears.
- rglover 9y ago
  This is a very idealistic view of laundry.
  - vinceguidry 9y ago
    It works so long as you're only doing laundry for one person. Otherwise you have to do more. And also solve the political problem of wanting to devote space in a dwelling for procrastinated chores. It takes me perhaps half a week to do laundry. I load up all my laundry in one load in the washer, with a ColorCatcher to avoid dye bleeding. Once it's done I move it all to a dedicated spot in my closet, where I take all the things that need to be hanged and hang them, and leave the rest for the next day. Over the next few days I'll extract the other outerwear, then the underwear, until I'm left with socks. All of my socks are inside-out, so one day I'll turn them right-side-out and the next I'll fold them and put them up. Works because it's just me.
- xenadu02 9y ago
  ... says the childless single person.
  - deleted 9y ago
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FooHentai 9y ago
FWIW I found if you power through and get so good at ironing that you can do it on full autopilot, that time just kinda disappears. Like how if you commute the same way every day, the memory of each one seems to merge and disappear. Sure, you lose that time, but it becomes a completely neutral experience.
patothon 9y ago
I only iron the shirts the moment I need them. Basically, one or two a day. I got so good at ironing over the years that it only takes me 5 minutes and is now part of my routine.
wingerlang 9y ago
Have you tried putting the ironing board in front of a TV or something? I hate going to the gym, but bringing an iPad with some downloaded videos makes it bearable.
gnopgnip 9y ago
I use a jiffy steamer. It seems like much less work and it does 90% of the same stuff an iron would do
peteretep 9y ago
The best innovation of modern civilisation is indisputably access to cheap shirt laundry.
chrisbennet 9y ago
I used to drop my shirts off at the cleaners but now that most of my shirts are "wrinkle free" [1] I just iron the occasional normal shirt. [1] L.L. Bean sell "wrinkle free" cotton shirts that you just hang up when they come out of the drier. They stay pretty wrinkle free even in a suitcase.

I bought a nice ironing board and iron because I thought doing chores would make me a better person. Instead I stare at a pile of wrinkled shirts everyday and feel guilty.

kevin_thibedeau 9y ago

Do three shirts a day and the backlog disappears.

rglover 9y ago
This is a very idealistic view of laundry.
- vinceguidry 9y ago
  It works so long as you're only doing laundry for one person. Otherwise you have to do more. And also solve the political problem of wanting to devote space in a dwelling for procrastinated chores. It takes me perhaps half a week to do laundry. I load up all my laundry in one load in the washer, with a ColorCatcher to avoid dye bleeding. Once it's done I move it all to a dedicated spot in my closet, where I take all the things that need to be hanged and hang them, and leave the rest for the next day. Over the next few days I'll extract the other outerwear, then the underwear, until I'm left with socks. All of my socks are inside-out, so one day I'll turn them right-side-out and the next I'll fold them and put them up. Works because it's just me.
xenadu02 9y ago
... says the childless single person.
- deleted 9y ago
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FooHentai 9y ago

FWIW I found if you power through and get so good at ironing that you can do it on full autopilot, that time just kinda disappears. Like how if you commute the same way every day, the memory of each one seems to merge and disappear. Sure, you lose that time, but it becomes a completely neutral experience.

patothon 9y ago

I only iron the shirts the moment I need them. Basically, one or two a day. I got so good at ironing over the years that it only takes me 5 minutes and is now part of my routine.

wingerlang 9y ago

Have you tried putting the ironing board in front of a TV or something? I hate going to the gym, but bringing an iPad with some downloaded videos makes it bearable.

gnopgnip 9y ago

I use a jiffy steamer. It seems like much less work and it does 90% of the same stuff an iron would do

peteretep 9y ago

The best innovation of modern civilisation is indisputably access to cheap shirt laundry.

chrisbennet 9y ago

I used to drop my shirts off at the cleaners but now that most of my shirts are "wrinkle free" [1] I just iron the occasional normal shirt. [1] L.L. Bean sell "wrinkle free" cotton shirts that you just hang up when they come out of the drier. They stay pretty wrinkle free even in a suitcase.