Things you can do while folding laundry 🧦

An ode and a lament to the mundane

Never not doing laundry

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1. Think about all the chores you still have ahead of you

2. Consider everything you could get done if you weren’t folding laundry

   1. Curse the patriarchy

   2. Think about how if you didn’t have to do this you could probably be well on your way to a doctorate or at least taken up a cute hobby

3. Think about how you should really schedule a massage¹

   1. But never actually do it because how does one actually pry yourself away from your family for that long?

4. Catastrophize

   1. What if something happens to me/my husband/my kids/my parents edition

   2. Politics/existential angst edition

5. Dread making dinner

6. Enjoy a podcast/audiobook

7. Notice that stain didn’t quite come out, shrug

8. Get emotional about how your kids’ clothes won’t always be so small

9. Stop and add bread to the grocery list

   1. Stop and get the kids a snack

   2. Stop and let the dogs out

   3. Stop and clean up a mess (again)

10. Get an idea for your next Substack post 🙂

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1. Dear reader, she finally scheduled a massage for next week. ✨