So, I’m sitting there, laughing over coffee with three of my girlfriends when I hear the dryer go off. Naturally, I excuse myself to find the empty basket so that I can take my clothes out of the dryer. You know how it is. If you don’t take them out and fold them, hang them, or at least lay them flat, you’re going to be looking at a wadded mess of clothing that manages to defeat you all over again. Obviously, then, I find the basket and head to the dryer. The girls are still chattering on, and it sounds like I’m possibly missing out, but I keep on. I know they’ll catch me up when I’m done folding, and I have priorities…

Does that sound familiar?

No?

Yeah, it doesn’t to me either.

Laundry isn’t something we do when we have company over. Laundry is what we do before, or maybe after, company comes and goes. Laundry is behind the scenes, and it represents everything that we need to do behind closed doors or out of the public eye.

Doing the laundry includes household chores and ‘home’ chores alike. See, the home chores… those are the things we need to do behind the scenes in our hearts and minds and souls in order to prepare for our day as a whole and all of the moments that make it up.

It’s the mental preparedness behind a workout.

It’s the focus on a goal.

It’s the drive to always be learning.

It’s the practice that readies me.

It’s the work of bettering what I can.

It’s even the prayer over a worship set since that’s something I do these days.

I can know that I am capable but still crumble if I haven’t done my laundry. Granted, it’s not a free pass. I still have to be human. I will still spill things. I will still make up my own words. I will still formulate incoherent sentences and forget what I’m doing. And those will still all get worse when the boy I like is looking at me.

(Wait… what? Who put that in here? I mean, that thing about the boy just doesn’t even apply to me. What a silly thing somebody inserted since I’m always calm, cool, and collected…)

Anyway! If I’m doing my laundry, I can at least know that I’ve prepared what I need to prepare and how instead of knowing what I should do, not doing it, and then being frustrated at the outcome. Plus then when the boy keeps looking at me maybe I can default to the habits I created while I was doing my laundry and be less affected!

(Okay seriously! It’s not like that actually happens or anything… although ironically I do have applicable memes available if you see below… 🤪)

Well I’d better go before this mystery person betrays me again, so here’s my challenge. Do your laundry today!

You’re worth the time investment. Promise!