You love doing laundry or not, National Laundry Day on April 18 allows you to observe it your way. You can take it as an excuse to either skip any kind of washing job or can celebrate the day by washing all your clothes and sheets to have the contentment of getting it done.
No one would ever say that they don’t like clean clothes or sheets, but you will really find one confessing the love for doing laundry. How interesting it is that we like the fresh clothes and bed sheets but don’t like its procedure.
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Date of National Laundry Day Observance
18th of April.
History of National Laundry Day
Origin of ‘Laundry’
Do you know that the word ‘laundry’ came into existence from the term — ‘lavendry’? It is a middle English word. And the word ‘lavendry' was originated from ‘lavandier’ or ‘lavanderie’, referring to the one who washes linen.
Discovery of Dryer
During 1800, M. Pochon introduced the ‘ventilator’. Thanks to this French man who gave us an arc a device that later helped us to reach our current dryers.
Washing Machines Got Published
We know a little about from where the dryers came into existence but we have got no glimpses about the invention of the washing machine.
However, we do know that it was 1904 when the modern washing machines started to get limelight by getting advertised in the newspapers.
The Arrival of the Electrically Operated Dryers
In 1938, American J. Ross Moore showcased his design of automatic dryers in front of the world. What happened to eat when it went public, we all are witnessing it in our day-to-day lives.
Digitalization of Laundry
There are many pros and cons of living in a digital world, but laundry pick up by an app on the phone is surely a heart-winning idea. Many thanks to the “Uber of laundry” for devising such a helpful app for New Yorkers! All those who find doing laundry not less than a nightmare, they are surely going to remember 2014 as a year of bliss.
National Laundry Day Celebration Ideas
Get Enlightened
We keep updating ourselves to match our pace with scientific, technical, and technological advancements. Many of us also ponder upon enhancing our behavioral and soft skills as well.
Learning is a modus operandi.But how many of us try to learn the correct process and procedure of brushing our teeth, taking a bath, or washing our clothes? We barely think about polishing our skills when it’s about the chore jobs.
Google it — this time, for enhancing your knowledge and about those small jobs that you never cared about. Know the correct procedure for dealing with different kinds of clothes.
Learn how to take care of whites, cotton clothes, woolen stuff, delicate attires, and clothes with silk or heavy works.
Give What You Got
You learned how to handle the delicates with care? Let the right way reach your close ones too. Teach someone around you the art of laundry and how to manage those clothes that cover you 24/7.
Recycle the Outfits
Well, this is not suggested or advised to recycle the outfits, but a lazy soul can take it as an idea to observe National Laundry Day.
Note: Don’t practice this! It’s not a good habit. (Issued in the public interest.)
Ponder Over Your Detergent Powder and Bar
Some consumers love to explore new products and keep changing the brands to give themselves a surprise.
Now it turns to a pleasant or bitter one, it depends, but however, it’s exciting to try something that you have never done before.
Also, there are people who do not prefer to switch their brands every soften. Once they have set their mind to a particular brand, stick to it.
If you also belong to the second category, choose the excitement of trying a new brand instead of going for the usual one. If you do not like it, you can continue your brand loyalty next time. But think, what if you get something better at lesser prices?!
Group Washing
If you are done with your learning, teaching, and brand reviewing process, try a fun activity this time.
Do laundry with your other family members. Observe their way of washing the clothes and watch if they have got a better or time-savior trick.
If you find it a personal job and want some space from others while cleaning your clothes, you can invite them for washing the bedsheets, curtains, or cushion covers.
Washing machines might save your time and energy, but no one can deny that doing laundry with your hands gives you ultimate results. There is no comparison between hand-washed clothes and the ones that are cleaned through a machine.
Relax!
If neither you are someone who will like to get your hands to taste the harshness of the detergent powder, nor you have got people to give you company for laundry, take external help this day.
Pamper yourself by doing no laundry job this day. Make a call or use any online platform to ask for services and getting your job done.
Spare Time
How about giving the clothes of your family as well along with yours? This way, you can gather many smiles which are going to be an ultimate reward and indeed a pool of happiness for you too.
Challenge Two at a Time
Don’t like to wash the clothes, no matter what? Give yourself the challenge to remove your laziness or unlikeness (whatsoever it is). Invite those too for this challenge, who fall into your category, and give them also this challenge.
Attaching such fun memories with something that haunts you will change your way of seeing it.
Interesting Facts and Figures about National Laundry Day
Ultimate Example of Loyalty
If we believe in some marketers, people are more likely to use a brand that is used to by their parents throughout their lives.
There are very few products in which such loyalty is witnessed by the whole family.
Never Try Someone Else’s Jeans
It’s quite common among siblings and roommates to exchange clothes for showcasing the variety among their own circles.
Because of such habits, many people become comfortable in wearing anyone’s outfits. Here you are an eye-opener for all those who practice this or are inspired by such an idea.
As per the GE poll 2018, 37% of people do not wash their jeans after wearing them once or even twice. They recycle it at least five times. 16% of people go for even seven or more times.
I wonder, have they got this idea from Chip Bergh, CEO of Levi Strauss &Co.? He had once recommended that for the sake of water conservation, consumers tend to not wash their jeans frequently.
Journey with Archaic to Advance Tools of Laundry
We often appreciate (and sometimes criticized too) the technological advancement in various fields such as automobiles, gadgets, transportation, electronic items, media, medical equipment, etc. We rarely feel excited about the advancement in small daily activities. Laundry is also one of those exemplars.
We must appreciate how we have improved and reached this level of ease in our laundry habits and tools. It is something that we have been practicing for thousands of years ago. We have come a long way when it comes to refining our processes and procedures.
2 Savior Ideas: How to Get Motivated for Doing Laundry?
If you are also one of those who do not have any machine as a helper and doing it on your own using your soft hands which just sucks you, here are some tricks to get yourself tuned.
Use the Never-Failing Trick: Pick Your Favourite One!
We all know that how an aroma can change the mood and play a catalyst. Take it as a powerful tool to perk up your motivation.
As we know about the root of the word laundry, how about observing the National Laundry Day by cleaning the clothes or sheets using a detergent powder or a bar with the fragrance of Levander?
Well, you choose lavender, lemon, mint, or some other sweet smell to soothe your nostrils, just make sure that nothing comes in between as a villain to stop you from doing what you initiated after gathering a lot of courage.
Hate Filth for Loving Cleanliness
Try out a weird yet effective trick that will prove to be moving for you. Recycle your attire until it doesn’t frustrate you. Let that uncleanliness irritate you to a level that you start to repel it from the core of your heart. Let it become your nightmare instead of doing laundry.
Sometimes going crazy is the only way for a lazy.
