My hiking trip got rained out and I ended up learning how to fold fitted sheets

I was supposed to drive up to the Smokeys last Saturday with my friend Jen for this 8 mile trail we'd been planning for months. But a storm rolled in around 3 AM and just dumped water all day. Instead of sitting around moping I finally watched that Marie Kondo folding tutorial my mom kept sending me. Turns out you're supposed to tuck the corners into each other before folding them flat. I tried it on like 6 fitted sheets from my linen closet and it actually worked. Now I'm mad at myself for being 35 years old and just now figuring this out. Has anyone else had a canceled plan lead to them fixing some dumb household thing you'd been putting off?

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jana_hart1811d ago

You mentioned "instead of sitting around moping" and that REALLY hit home for me. I've noticed that when life throws a wrench in our plans, we somehow get this weird burst of energy for the boring stuff we've been avoiding. It's like our brains can't handle the disappointment unless we PROVE to ourselves we're still being productive in some small way. All those little annoying tasks that we push aside suddenly become doable when the big fun thing gets canceled. I think there's something sort of beautiful about that - how we find ways to make order out of frustration, even if it's just a perfectly folded linen closet.

the_william11d ago

Push back on that a little, @jana_hart18. Sometimes that "burst of energy" is just avoiding the real feelings by pretending a clean closet matters as much as what got canceled. You're still moping, you're just doing it with a sponge in your hand.

harpery4711d ago

35 years old and just now learning a basic folding trick isn't beautiful, it's sad.