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No Matter the Distance, Moving is A Difficult and Laborious Task

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<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Moving is stressful&period; There is no way around it&period; Even for my friend who packed up her house back to front&comma; loaded it on the moving van in the order of rooms in her new house&comma; then unloaded back to front in the new house and was done unpacking in a few hours&comma; there was still a lot of stress involved&period; While that is a new level of organized and commitment to the moving process&comma; not everyone can achieve that level&period; For most of the <&sol;span><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">one in six Americans who change residences<&sol;span><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;"> each year&comma; moving is a lot more hectic&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Moving is emotional&period; Moving is messy&period; Moving is change&period; We all know these are parts of life and how we deal with them can mean the difference between healthy and happy&comma; or sick and sad&period; Either way&comma; whether you are moving for a positive change in your life &lpar;new job&comma; new spouse&rpar; or less upbeat reasons &lpar;divorce&comma; financial setback&rpar;&comma; it is still stressful&period; For most of us&comma; our home is our safe haven&period; It is where we go to unwind&comma; eat&comma; and spend time with family or with ourselves&period; It is the place where we can put the rest of the world on hold and just be&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">When you move&comma; you are bringing the chaos of the world into that safe haven&period; Not only do you have to deal with all the old secrets you stuffed into the back of your bottom drawer&comma; but you have to tear up the cozy nest you have created&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">There are steps you can take to make it easier&comma; whether it is a local move across the city&comma; an intermediate move across the state&comma; or a full blown move across the country&period; A few pointers are ubiquitous&comma; no matter the size of your move&colon; be organized&comma; plan ahead&comma; throw out things you never use&comma; look at it as a step forward&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">However&comma; each type of move has its own sticking points&period;  <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><b>Across the City<&sol;b><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">This seems like the easiest kind of move&comma; so many people might discount the need for planning and organization&period; Too many times I have just started throwing things in the car and making multiple trips back and forth&period; I have a few single shoes whose mates I’m sure were lost due to this haphazard method of moving&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Unless you have a lot of really large heavy furniture&comma; chances are you will opt for do-it-yourself moving when going just few miles&period; This is not a horrible idea&comma; but don’t let this fool you into not organizing or planning&period; If you can&comma; arrange for a little overlap in locations&period; When DIY-ing the move&comma; you could conceivably pack up one room at a time and move each room separately&period; You would save on boxes and you could organize the new place as you go&period; If nothing else&comma; this gives you a little breather&period; You aren’t stuck to a hard and fast&comma; do or die deadline&comma; which is probably really good for my fellow procrastinators&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">However&comma; there is something to be said for hiring a local moving company&period; Having someone else load and unload the boxes and furniture is really appealing&period; Contrary to popular belief&comma; it really isn’t too expensive to hire a local moving company&period; Surprisingly&comma; when researching this article&comma; I discovered that the prices between countries weren’t even that different&period; The cost of moving in Australia&comma; is not that different from the cost in the U&period;S&period; If you pack everything before they arrive&comma; so all they are doing is moving furniture and boxes&comma; it is reasonable&period; This is also a good option if you can’t arrange for any overlap&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Either way&comma; try to limit the amount of chaos that your kids and&sol;or pets experience&period; If you are moving in stages&comma; plan to pack up the room where they can feel safest for the very last&period; Then have a room for them set up in the new location before they head to the new residence&period; If moving all at once&comma; it can be harder&period; Pets can stay in their kennel or carrier while moving things out&period; Children&comma; depending on the age&comma; can either be actively involved in helping pack and move&comma; or if younger&comma; maybe they can stay with a friend or relative&period; Either way&comma; make sure they are reassured that they are loved and will be moving with you&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><b>Across the State<&sol;b><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Just like the middle child&comma; this move is the most confusing&period; It is definitely harder than moving across the city but doesn’t have the culture shock and long travel times of a move across the country&period; The positives of this type of move include that it is probably close enough you will have been to the new areas a couple of times to be able to scout out things ahead of time&period; When you arrive&comma; you will know where a grocery store&comma; hospital&comma; and the vet is located&period; You can probably get recommendations from your current service providers &lpar;vet&comma; doctor&comma; hair stylist&rpar; for new people&period; You might even be dealing with same utility companies&comma; so you can just transfer your services instead of closing and opening accounts&period; All of this can make maneuvering the new city easier&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">By the way&comma; if you are a really organized person&comma; that story I told in the beginning&comma; about my friend &period; &period; &period; that was an across state move&period; She actually packed one day&comma; drove the next and unpacked that day&period; It took her two days to pack&comma; move and unpack&period; From her overly organized example&comma; there are a couple of things to learn&period; One&comma; label all your boxes by room&period; If you have a den in your old house&comma; but the loft is where all those items will go in the new house&comma; label the boxes &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;loft&period;” That way&comma; it is completely clear where they will be going when you arrive&period; Another option would be to color code boxes with tape or marker&period; Secondly&comma; try to organize everything in groups&period; If you can keep all the kitchen items together&comma; it will be much easier to unload them into the correct room and make unpacking much easier&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><b>Across the Country<&sol;b><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Other than moving to a different country&comma; this is probably the most complicated move&period; Not only will you have to become accustomed to a new residence and a new neighborhood&comma; you will also have to get used to a new area of the country&period; Even with the internet and television shrinking our world and lessening the differences in culture between parts of the country&semi; there are still many regional idiosyncrasies&period; Differences you will have to learn to accept include things like different store chains&comma; different driving laws&comma; and even different food styles &lpar;can you say Chicago versus New York style pizza&quest;&rpar;&period; These things make a move exciting&comma; but can also cause a lot of stress&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">There are a couple of ways to help minimize the stress&period; First&comma; you should definitely hire a cross-country mover&period; It can be expensive&comma; but they will make sure all of your possessions get there safely&period; Before hiring a mover&comma; make sure you know your rights and responsibilities&comma; and research the reliability of a company&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Second&comma; make the move across the country a family vacation&period; This is a great time to have some family bonding time&period; When you get to your new home&comma; there are going to be a lot of stressors among new place&comma; new job&comma; new schools&comma; new friends&period; Take this time to make some new memories with your family that will provide a positive&comma; not stressful&comma; start to this new chapter&period; If you have pets&comma; it will also make the move easier on them&period; Instead of being shuffled around by strangers&comma; they can travel with their family&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">The easiest way to do this is in an RV&period; If you don’t have one&comma; they are pretty reasonable to rent&period; You can visit parts of the country that you have always wanted to see&period; It will also give your children some perspective on why things will be different in their new home &&num;8211&semi; every state has something unique and special&period; Just like their old home was special&comma; their new home will be&comma; too&period; <&sol;span><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Preparing for a long RV trip<&sol;span><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;"> is similar to moving&colon; plan ahead and be organized&period; The great thing&quest; It will be easy to keep out those things you will need right away when you arrive at your new home&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Whether you are moving yourself&comma; with a spouse&comma; or a whole family complete with children and pets&comma; moving is stressful&period; If you can embrace the change&comma; organize yourself and be mentally ready for the different challenges of each type of move&comma; you will get through it&comma; with as little angst as possible&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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