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Moving is stressful no matter how far or close you are moving. If you don’t have the money to hire someone to come in and help you move, then you should at least think about ways to make it easier on yourself. Getting started is the hardest part, but it has the most effect on the rest of the move. One of the first keys to making things easier on yourself is talking to the managers or owners of your new place and at minimum getting in and looking around before you start packing. If you are moving really far, like if you move from Texas up to Canada, it might not be doable to get into the new place and take a look around, so get some pictures of the new place to get an idea of what it is going to look like.

With that in mind, make a packing list . Put on it things you want to group together in the new place and where they will go. You will want to put this in the place that is now designated packing central. Packing central consists of your packing tape, lists, markers and stickers. Having a place like this helps make sure nothing gets lost, but it only works if you don’t put anything down unless it goes back here.

The first packing list you make will keep your head together as you start to put some things in boxes. It is usually best to put into boxes like items and things that go in the same room. This will make it easier when you go to unpack. The first list is a temporary list and will be thrown away as you are moving. The second list you will make is a list, numbered, of exact contents of in a box. You will put the same number and label on the box as you did on the list. It is better to put on this list ” Grandmother’s china dishes, crystal glasses, and purple plastic plates.” than to put something like “Dishes”. Being specific will make sure that you don’t put the wrong box into storage, or in the wrong room. Now, each box should be labeled with a color corresponding to the room the box is moving into. If you do these things it will make unpacking in your new place a lot easier.