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OPERATION:LAUNDRYMOUNTAIN

A mission briefing for our family 🕵️
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Intel report #1

The Laundry Mountain 🏔️

The average American family washes about 300 loads a year.*
But we've got 5 people making laundry…
Our family, every week our estimate
🧺 ~0 loads
…which adds up to, every year:
~0 loads!
*Source: ENERGY STAR (energystar.gov/products/clothes_washers). "10 loads/week" is our own estimate for 5 people.
Intel report #2

Where does all the time go? ⏳

🫧
Wash
~1 hr
+
🔥
Dry
~1 hr
+
👕
Fold & put away
~25 min
=
⏱️
Per load
~2½ hrs
× 10 loads a week = machines running estimate
~0 hours a year
That's about 20 hours of washing + drying every week.
Folding & putting away (that's people time!) estimate
~0 hours a year
About 4 hours a week, the same as watching 100+ movies a year 🍿
Field guide

Clean enough to wear again? 🤔

🧼Wash after EVERY wear

  • 🩲Underwear1×
  • 🧦Socks1×
  • 🏃Workout & sweaty clothes1×
No exceptions. Nobody wants round two of soccer socks. 🤢

🔁Wear 2–3 times

  • 👖Jeans2–3×
  • 🧥Hoodies & sweatshirts2–3×
  • 🩳Sweatpants, pants & shorts*2–3×
  • 😴Pajamas2–3×
*As long as they're not visibly dirty.
Secret weapon

Sheets & Towels 🛏️🛁

Sheets: once a week

🛏️🛏️🛏️🛏️🛏️

5 beds = 1–2 big loads every week, just for sheets.

That's normal and good. Fresh sheets weekly is the deal. 😌

Sheets are already part of the plan. Towels are where we can save big…

Towels: the sneaky laundry monster 👹

❌ Fresh towel every shower (or left on the floor)
5 people × 7 = 35
towels a week
≈ 5 loads 🧺🧺🧺🧺🧺
✅ Hang it on a hook, use it ~3 times
5 people × 2–3 = 10–15
towels a week
≈ 2 loads 🧺🧺
Bath towels are BULKY: only about 7 fill a washer estimate. A hook saves ~3 loads a week!
Pop quiz!

The Hamper Test 🧪

Revealed: 0 / 5
Stained? 🍝
Smelly? 👃
Sweaty? 💦
None of these?
Back in the drawer or on a hook!
1👖
Jeans worn once to school
click to reveal
✅
WEAR IT AGAIN
Not stained, not smelly. Jeans are good for 2–3 wears.
2🧦
Soccer socks
click to reveal
🚨
WASH IT!
Sweaty AND smelly. Hamper. Immediately. Please.
3🧥
Hoodie worn for an hour
click to reveal
✅
WEAR IT AGAIN
One hour? That hoodie is basically brand new.
4🛁
Towel after one shower
click to reveal
🪝
HANG IT UP
You were clean when you used it! Hook it, reuse ~3 times.
5😴
Pajamas after one night
click to reveal
✅
WEAR IT AGAIN
Fold 'em under your pillow for tonight.
The code

Our House Rules 🏠

1
🚫
No clean clothes in the hamperIf it passes the Hamper Test, put it away.
2
👕
Re-wear jeans, hoodies & PJs 2–3 timesHang them up or fold them. Not the floor. Not "the chair."
3
🪝
Towels on hooks, never the floorFloor towels get stinky and need washing.
4
🔄
Right-side out, pockets emptyRIP to every lip balm that got washed.
5
🗄️
Put your own laundry awayClean pile → drawers, same day.

What's in it for YOU? 😎

⏰
Less chore time
Fewer loads means less folding and putting away. Hooking towels alone could cut ~150 loads a year.*
🧥
Favorites ready
Your favorite hoodie is clean when you want it, not buried at the bottom of the mountain.
🎮
More free time
Games, sports, friends, naps. Anything beats folding 35 towels.
Thanks, agents. This briefing will self-destruct… just kidding, go hang up your towel. 🕵️🪝
*Our estimate: ~3 fewer towel loads a week × 52 weeks.
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