Here's how I personally would approach it, step-by-step:
"I want to get my laundry done. Okay, what kind of project is it? It's not a one-time thing, so it's not a Project. It recurs, so it should go in my Tickler. How often should it recur? Every week. When? Well, I like having all clean clothes for work, so I'll say Sunday. No, wait, my Sundays are kind of busy sometimes, and maybe I won't see the reminder immediately, so let's say Saturday.
"Okay, pulling out a piece of paper...and I'm writing on it, 'Run all laundry (every Saturday).' Next Saturday is the...16th, so let me slip it into my tickler file for the 16th. Great!"
When the 16th rolls around, the paper comes out, and I add a Project, "Run all laundry," with an Action of "Pull laundry out of closet."
With practice, you may not need the Project. For example, once I've started my laundry, I don't need any further reminders--the buzzing of the washing machine and dryer let me know what I need to do next. So, if I were to see a tickler reminding me to do my laundry, I could just start the laundry, then I could put the tickler reminder away for a week.
Does that help?