Moving Advice for Moving Day
Posted on January 1, 2010Moving could sound like an easy enough thing to do. But do not overlook the stress factor. Lots of boxes, plenty of things to get left behind or ultimately thrown out. Yet one side of a move that many forget to think about, and this applies even if you have hired a moving company (for instance, if you are in Boston, you might hire some Boston Movers) something that may just be staring them right in the face, is their arrival at their new residence! In fact, moving means both a moving from and a moving towards, and it is this last part of the experience that many find easy to dismiss.
Moving, even when using movers, involves a large amount of hard work, in particular preparatory homework, but that foresight should also be applied to the result of a move, once physically moved but not always quite established, moving can be less stressed if there are sound plans in place to handle all scenarios, predicted or not, but a correct move also includes an arrival strategy.
You heard right ; an exit methodology is only 1/2 the job! To be effective, and to minimize the total amount of stress incurred and time lost you must have a good arrival plan. It may seem ridiculous, but there are common sensical things that many forget to consider when moving. Some will be clear, but others won’t be.
A few examples:
often the new set of keys has still to get picked up, and something many only recall when already at the unhelpfully locked door of their new domicile!
Also, many jurisdictions have rules for when moving is permitted, with moves being usually prohibited on weeknights. Even parking might pose a problem. There’s also the rather ho-hum but critical matter of whether furniture can fit through doors or around narrow staircase corners. You will most likely want to avoid the question of “How’s the piano going to get up to the third floor?”
Moving can be a challenge and sometimes the common sensical stuff isn’t so common sensical. So why not just take a second or two figuring out how it’s possible for you to get all that stuff through the door. By simply making the time to envision any likely mishaps and then preparing yourself for them, you can make your move an easy one — well, maybe not “easy” but “easier”.
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