I iron alot of our clothes and even though I don't like ironing I love the look of ironed clothes.
I also hate starting but love it when have finished. Nothing better than an empty or near empty basket

Here are some rules I use when I iron:
1. NEVER iron on a hot day unless standing under the cooler
2. Always have music or the TV on (takes away the boredom)
3. Hang the shirts etc up as soon as you have done them (nothing worse than finding then on the floor or have been sat on)
4. Fold the clothes as you take them off the line, amazing how easy to iron clothes tha don't have many wrinkles to start with.
Have been known to throw something back in the wash when it was so wrinkled it would have taken forever to iron