Comments on: Pack Like a Pro: Moving Made Easy

By: JazzManium

JazzManium — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 03:11:50 +0000

I am horrible at moving. It’s like I’m fine until I have to move things from the house to the vehicle. Or U-Haul. I can’t move if someone is watching, so if someone accidently sees I want to wait until night time. But then when night comes I’m scared that we or I will be to noisy, or wake the neighbors. I’m anxious already so I want to drink a beer but can’t because I’m driving. So I change my mind again. I wait until morning but then I’m embarrassed that I even made the request, or involved other people or didn’t involve anyone. I want to throw everything in a pile, and burn anything that won’t fit. Like the giant bedframe but can’t stand to throw away anything that is paper because I might not not have read it, or it’s a tiny handprint, only later it’s found to be part of a magazine, so I accuse every neighbor between the two houses of the move of secretly switching the handprint out and stealing my child’s. I’m convinced that my spouse has already made friends with all of the neighbors and everyone is stealing my most important things. So I get pissed, call the relationship off and go to my father’s. Or a friend’s. I’ve had some really bad moving experiences all of which in my opinion has been beyond embarrassing in some context.

By: Kristin

Kristin — Wed, 21 Dec 2016 00:48:08 +0000

Every few months, I start purging because it’s like I’m waiting for a move. We’ve moved (only) 4 times in 7 years, but they were cross-country moves. I usually start out really well-prepped with all the labeling and planning and then, by D-Day, I’m just throwing shit into boxes and praying it doesn’t break.
I try to practice “condensing” things every time I go through one of these purging episodes…because I feel like I need to be pared down and ready to move if necessary.

By: Carly

Carly — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 17:03:24 +0000

So many great tips in this post! I’ve never had to do a major move in terms of furniture or things, but I can only imagine how much work goes into all of the organizing and packing and unpacking!