Life is characterized by time-consuming tasks that often stretch our resources to the limit. They may be important, and maintaining a clean home certainly is, but often your interests would be better served by investing your time and energies elsewhere, and letting someone you trust take care of the dirty work. When it comes to giving your house a deep, complete cleaning, you do not have to take up the task yourself, putting all of life's deeper concerns on the back burner. Save yourself the…

Another reason, besides color, to separate is weight. You need to have approximately the same weight of clothing on each side of the washer to keep it balanced. If you don't, you may notice your washing machine walking across the laundry room. Delicates need to be washed on the gentle cycle, whereas jeans and towels may take extra agitation to get clean.

Separating by weight also helps out in the dryer. If you have something heavy in with everything else light, the dryer will keep…