Emily Ley

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5. Get a handle on laundry. “This is one of my favorite tips that I learned from my mother,” Ley says. “Start a new habit of throwing one load of laundry in the washing machine every morning. This keeps you from having to tackle a mountain of it on Sunday.” With a household of five people, Ley has no time for sorting, so she uses a product like Shout Color Catcher or Carbona Color Grabber that allows her to run mixed loads.