How much time has your duvet saved you? What else has saved you time?

[Orangejuicemarathoner]

Quick calculation:

I have saved this much time not making the bed with sheets and blankets over the last 30 years.

say 5 mins a day, say 6 days a week, say 1 hour a fortnight, say 25 hours a year, so roughly 30 days of my life

so a month, basically....

What other changes have saved so much time?

Omg it’s 6 in the morning, I can’t think

Washing machine and dishwasher have both saved significantly more

My car. Probably a few years on public transport and a lifetime in prison for not murdering someone on public transport.

My cleaner. I haven’t vacuumed or cleaned a bathroom in 3 years.

One month of duvet savings are still outnumbered by 6 months of Mumsnet musings.

delegating to children.

It's funny because I'm considering going back to sheets and blankets! I hate changing the duvet: getting it out the cover, doing the buttons up so all the pillowcases don't end up inside in during the wash, trying to get the bastard duvet back in it afterwards. I feel like blankets and sheets would be much easier and also better for peri-meno night sweats. At the moment my only option is hot or cold but I'd be able to choose how many layers I have on me.

The biggest thing that's saved me time is buying a second freezer for the garage and batch cooking to fill it. DS has food allergies so meals can't always be quick or spontaneous and shop bought cakes are as easy to find as unicorn shit, so making things in triplicate means there are always options to reheat/cakes to shove in the lunchbox.

Well not being born in the 15th century has saved me ages .. and that includes the time not being dead prematurely!
Failing to see your angle OP.

Teaching my kids to make their own pack lunches:
15 mins a day - 10 mins a day clearing up after them = 5 mins a day x however many days they go to school.

@Mybalconyiscracking

Well not being born in the 15th century has saved me ages .. and that includes the time not being dead prematurely! Failing to see your angle OP.

I am struggling too. I maybe need coffee.

I would estimate that the 'bed-making duvet' savings have been more than consumed by the time spent trying to get the wretched thing into its cover.

Not making the bed saves even more time...

@CatNamedEaster. I’d recommend a wool duvet for menopause night sweats. Instantly better. No more changing the bed 3 x a night. (Hrt made it not as but the wool duvet really changed things).

Swapping to a coverless duvet would shave off the wrestling time!

I have 2 and swap them.

Thanks @BhortaBhorta, I will have a look at those.

@TwoLeftSocksWithHoles

I would estimate that the 'bed-making duvet' savings have been more than consumed by the time spent trying to get the wretched thing into its cover.

Totally agree! Hate bed change day because of this.