Tried folding fitted sheets the 'proper' way for a whole year and it was a total waste of my time

So I spent like 12 months back in 2022 trying to do that fancy Marie Kondo style folding for fitted sheets where you tuck the corners in and make it a neat rectangle. I watched like 5 different YouTube tutorials and practiced on my bed every Sunday morning in my apartment in Austin. After a whole year I realized my folded sheets still came out looking like a wrinkled mess and took me 10 minutes each time. Meanwhile my roommate just balls them up and shoves them in the linen closet and they look fine when we grab them. I finally gave up and now I just roll them into a loose ball and stuff it between the flat sheet. Has anyone else found a shortcut for this that actually saves time or should I just keep being a lazy folder?

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spencer_owens584d ago

My mom tried to teach me that method for like 6 months when I was in college and I just could not get the corners to stay put no matter what I did... I gave up after I found a fitted sheet in my closet that I had folded "properly" and it had completely come undone and looked like a giant scrunched up burrito. Now I just fold my flat sheet in half, lay the fitted sheet on top of it, and roll the whole thing up like a sleeping bag.

paul_taylor214d ago

3 people in my family have tried that corner method and zero of us can make it work.

amy_anderson4d ago

Oh man, that burrito description made me laugh because I have totally been there. I tried that whole corner tucking thing for weeks and my sheets always looked like a wrinkled mess too. Your sleeping bag roll sounds way more practical honestly. I do something similar where I just fold everything into a rectangle and stuff it in the pillowcase. Sometimes the simple methods are the ones that actually work in real life, not just on YouTube tutorials.