The Ultimate Hack to Get Kids to Fold Laundry
You know the pile. The clean laundry that’s been sitting on the chair for three days because nobody wants to deal with it. That pile. Here’s what changed for us: we stopped folding our kids’ clothes for them. Not because we gave up. Because they were ready and we didn’t realize it. Once we gave them a folding board sized for little hands and a weekly organizer so they always knew where things went, they just did it. And they were proud of it. That’s the part that surprised me most. Kids want to feel capable. When you give them a task they can actually complete and the tools to do it, they don’t fight it. They own it. The win is double. For them: they’re building independence, learning to take ownership of their things, and developing a sense of responsibility that carries into everything else. For you: that pile disappears from your list. Permanently. You’re not doing it for them anymore. They’re doing it. And they feel good about it. Everything we use to make this work is linked below. Shop the Laundry Board and more Kid-Friendly Cleaning Items on Amazon What age did you start giving your kids […]
The Secret Weapon That Cut My Cleaning Time In Half
You guys know I love a good life hack. I call them my secret weapons. I recently discovered one for cleaning and I’m so excited to share! A clean house makes me so happy but time is limited (and I’m not quiiiiite wealthy enough to hire a fulltime cleaning staff LOL). And who wants to spend their weekends cleaning? Not me! Don’t get me wrong. I clean really well – shout out to chores growing up, and to being a low key germaphobe. I don’t love doing it but I can throw on a great playlist and go in or better yet FaceTime a friend to keep me company while I get busy with the cleaning products. At the end of the day, there is something super satisfying about the gleaming result that I love.
Life Hack: Self Massage
I probably shouldn’t admit this but … I could be convinced to do a lot of things for a really good massage. I always said if I ever hit the lotto, one of the top 10 things I would do is hire a massage therapist! Well, I am not rich yet, and it gets pretty old asking my husband for a massage so a few years ago I purchased a massager from Brookestone. It was probably the 25th time I’d gone into Brookestone to kill time by trying all the massagers. Well, that time I actually found one I thought was awesome. It was powerful and the handle was long enough for me to reach the lower parts of my back, for $100 it was all mine. Recently my colleague told me he’d been using a car buffer for self-massage, my ears perked up. I tried it and immediately went to my desk and ordered my own. $30 BOOM.