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Laura Rennie's avatar

I used to be good about putting laundry away quickly, but I’ve gotten out of the habit! I enjoy folding laundry and always do it shortly after taking out a load, so at least I have that going for me. 😆 I also want to get back in the habit of sweeping my floors and clearing our kitchen island every night. My current night habit is climbing out of bed to get a bowl of cereal. 🤣🫣

I love that you’re so passionate about laundry products!

I’m excited to read more in this series. 👏🏻

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Ruth Gyllenhammer's avatar

Cereal is always a good idea 😂

also yes! sweeping the floors and clearing our kitchen island every night would make our house feel so much cleaner than it actually is at this point! I need to do that, too!

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Megan Hogg's avatar

Ruth, this was so helpful! Thank you! I am also a "laundry detergent junkie" but unfortunately one of my sons has eczema, so our options are kind of limited. I may try that Mrs Meyers baby blossom for the rest of the fam, though!

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Ruth Gyllenhammer's avatar

Laundry detergent can be so tricky with skin sensitivities (I've developed some recently as well!), but I'm glad this post was helpful, Megan!

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Kim Lilley's avatar

This was hilarious and informative- hilarious in the sense that I've never given laundry this much thought! But I need to... I lost one of my husband's socks about a month ago after/ during/ before? a load of laundry and he has literally been combing the house since and keeps bring it up. For the love of all things... but it was a pair he really liked so I'm giving him another pair in his Christmas stocking. I ended up giving him a mesh laundry bag to put his socks in and it's been a game changer. I probably need to do that for each of my kids, but haven't gotten around to that!

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Ruth Gyllenhammer's avatar

I mean, I had no idea I had this much to say about laundry 😂

Also—we lose so many socks!! Like our house must just eat up socks. I keep a basket on top of the dryer of one-off socks, hoping someday I'll find the match. Christmas stocking stuffer for the win!

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Melissa Havertz's avatar

I’m not sure what this says about me — but I opened this to read SO fast! Beautiful writing about laundry?! I am here for it!!

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Ruth Gyllenhammer's avatar

This comment absolutely made my morning 🩷. Thank you, Melissa!!

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Ashley C. Shannon's avatar

Yes! I also once applied The Atomic Habit to laundry (and wrote about it), too! I loved your take. And I love talking about laundry. =) When you find something that works, it just makes the rest of life more manageable. Thanks for sharing! This was a fun read!

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Vanessa  Leaver's avatar

Oh my I have been looking for a year reflection before I head into next and this year compass is the best! Thanks for sharing.

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