Hasta La Ideas

Here is a simple plan for what to do after you return home from vacation or a business trip:

1. Walk straight to your washing machine.
2. Take dirty clothes out of suitcase, put them into the washing machine, and start the laundry.
3. Put clothes that need to go to the dry cleaners into designated dry cleaning bag.
4. Carry suitcase to closet and put away shoes, belts, and other items that didn’t need to be washed but belong in closet.
5. Repeat step #4, but with items that belong in the bathroom.
6. Look at self in mirror and give yourself a thumb’s up for being unpacked only five minutes after returning home.
7. Put suitcase away in closet.

Okay, I’ll admit, this list is a little silly. I think the point of the post is clear, though: Unpack your suitcase immediately after you return from a trip so that it won’t sit around cluttering up your space.

This post has been updated since its original publication in 2008.

Post written by Erin Doland