Laundry and Self-bribery

What broke my day( the other day): Laundry. I hate doing laundry. Especially when I'm at school, which I'm not currently (15 Days!!!!) but the thought of doing laundry there is just depressing. I think it's the fact that it takes so much time to gather all my clothes, sort them, check them for stains to be treated, wash and dry them, lug everything up and down two flights of stairs (4 if I'm at school) and then fold it, hang it, iron it, ect. It's a lot of work and takes a ridiculous amount of time. Why would I want to waste my valuable time hunting and gathering clothing. I thought we had evolved past the era of fire. I am not cave woman. Me no need to hunt and gather. (insert guttural noise here). I don't necessarily mind the folding, but it's the thought of carrying a basket overflowing with clothes up the stairs. Moreover the fact that I can't see where I'm going and I never know when a cat is going to shoot under my feet so that I step on them. Laundry day is like work out day. I calculate that I go up and down the stairs and extra 20 times (because I always hope the washing machine is done, and then it turns out it was off balance) on laundry day, and at 15 seconds per staircase that's 5 minutes of stair climbing with a 30 lb load. Laundry is so inconvenient and the constant leg workout doesn't make me want to do it that much more. But, as I'm soon to leave for college I have to start doing all my laundry so that I can have all the clothes I need. Why can't I just buy new clothes....it would be so much easier.
What made my day (the other day): Reward Schedules. I'm a failure at staying on a workout program. It's bad, but a week ago I tried a new strategy. If I work out for at least 30 minutes a day (unless I have to skip a day in which I work out an hour and a half the next day) until I go back to school, I get rewards along the way. For example, if I worked out for a week, I could get my contacts-done. This all accumulates until the end in which I can get a brand new pair of Sperry's. I have wanted Sperry's for a really long time, and the fact that I want them so bad keeps me motivated to keep going. Now, if I only had the one reward I would totally quit after the first 4 days, but so far I've done well. I'm one third of the way through and still going strong. So far I have earned nutella and a chick flick for college, mascara, and contacts. Next week I can get nail polish and new bedding for school, and the final week I can go out to eat and get those coveted boat shoes, Sperry's. At first I wasn't sure it was going to work. But it has so far, which is amazing because that means I have finally figured out how to trick myself using psychology. Of course I still struggle to get to the gym, but then I think about those beautiful Sperry's and it all goes away. So far it hasn't helped me lose weight, but I'm confident that after working out everyday for almost a month, working out will become more like a habit, and that will lead me to live a healthier lifestyle. All because I'm not above bribing myself with a reward schedule.