By Dorian WagnerSenior Copy Editor
EDITOR'S NOTE: The video at end of this post will change your life!
I hate laundry. HATE. Well, actually, I don't hate washing laundry -- it pretty much washes itself with little effort on my part. What I hate is folding laundry and putting it away.
My clothes are all clean, but I work from permanent "piles" instead of drawers. When I take stuff out of the dryer, I simply lay everything nice and flat and neat in a pile to fold and put away later... except that the second part of that never happens. I've even (half) joked that I would pay someone just to fold everything and put it away. I'll happily wash it all, here's $20 bucks to put it away. It would be the best 20 bucks I've ever spent.
But now, that's all changed. Last week, a coworker shared with me an AMAZING time-saving tip: She showed me how to fold a T-shirt in 10 seconds flat. And just like that, my life was changed. Watch the video down there and learn it for yourself...
People, this trick will blow your mind! It will change your life! It will change the way you look at laundry forever. Another coworker of mine actually uttered the phrase: "I can't wait to do laundry this weekend!"
Seriously. Would you ever see yourself saying something like that? In the words of Whitney Houston (before rehab), "Hell to the nah." But, honestly, when laundry day rolled around a couple days ago, I admit I did have a little grin on my face while I was piling... because I knew this was one pile that wasn't going to be permanent.
Without further ado... Here's the amazing T-shirt folding trick!
P.S. Just think of all you could do with that extra time you're saving with our amazing laundry-folding tip! Let's say you saved 10 minutes every time you did laundry... You could use that time to actually prepare a healthy lunch, take a quick power walk, clean up the rest of the piles in your house, be on time somewhere instead of 10 minutes late (this one's for me!), sit down and have a few "you" minutes, etc.
Keep checking back on eDiets blog for more time-saving tips. And if you have any of your own you'd like to share, please do by commenting below! You may just change someone's life... :)
Comment: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 10:10:00 AM - 
said...
Diagram for Folding a T-Shirt will not come up on the computer. Only showing the actual article...jmr
Comment: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 11:53:00 AM - said...
OH MY GOODNESS!! Where was this tip years ago?!? THANK YOU!! The bulk of my family's laundry is T-shirts...You're a lifesaver!! Can't wait for laundry day, now!
@:oD Liz
Comment: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 12:59:00 PM - 
UCONNHUSKY said...
this tip was originally aired on Martha Stewart's show. She has printed instructions on her website.
Comment: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 5:06:00 PM - said...
Thanks for the tip! That is the reason why I hate Laundry! FOLDING!!! This will give me a reason to do it!
Comment: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 5:04:00 PM - said...
we tried this at work for the last 10 minutes, I must be an idiot, but I can't get it right. Some dexterious people did master it, though. However, it doesn't take me that long to fold a T-shirt anyway.
The best laundry folding tip I ever received was when someone at the laundrymat showed me how to fold the fitted sheets. I love doing that!
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