A schedule for keeping up with my life? You have got to be kidding, I work full time, or part time, or I have 4 kids under the age of 8, or I have teenagers, or...
A schedule is exactly what you need. It will help keep you focused and your house will run more smoothly, the kids will be calmer and you will find time to do the fun things in life that you are missing because you always have something to do to keep up the house and laundry, etc.
The first easy item to schedule is getting up 15 minutes earlier to accomplish 1 simple thing each morning. I worked full-time for 9 years, before that I home schooled my children, and planning was the key to still having home cooked meals on the table, a clean house, clean laundry, and still enjoying life.
One of the easiest 15 minute things to do each morning is throwing a load of laundry in the washer. As soon as I wake up, before I do anything else I throw a load of wash in. Because I pre-sort, it is easy to grab the load and start the machine. By the time I am finished reading and having my morning tea, the load is ready for the dryer. You could even throw the load in the night before and just start the machine then or in the morning. When I worked full-time I still threw that load in first thing. If the load was, towels, whites, undergarments etc. that don't wrinkle easily I would move them to the dryer and they would be dry by the time I left for work. If it is a load of clothing you can leave them in the washer until you get home. They will not mildew if your house is air conditioned in the summer and in the winter they will be fine.
They key to not having them wrinkle is leaving them in the washer. Do not shake them out and place in the dryer or they will begin to dry during the day. When I was a little girl my mom would take the clothes off the clothes line, sprinkle them with water, roll them up, and place in a bag in the refrigerator until she was ready to iron them. Leaving them in the washer is the same principle.
As soon as you arrive home in the evening move them to the dryer. If you have kids at home, have them fold them while you cook dinner, or as soon as you have dinner simmering or baking, hang and fold the clothes. Or fold them as soon as dinner is over. Whatever you do, DO NOT leave them for tomorrow. You will have defeated the goal.
This is one simple task you can complete each day and not have to do LOADS of laundry on the weekend.
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