Then, I pre-sorted all items in her closet by category, for example, purses were sorted by evening purses, day purses, vacation purses.
Since they were moving to a second home, we mapped the storage capacity in her current closet to the closet in the new home and discussed what items were already in her new closet. We talked about the different climate she was moving to and the activities she would be engaged in daily. I recently worked with a client who is moving out of state and she admitted that she dreaded going through her closet.
Even a 10% – 20% reduction of the major categories of stuff in your home will make a huge difference in the effort and the cost of the move. Be realistic about categories like books and clothing. The more things that can be eliminated before the move the better. Here are my top tips to make any move less stressful from beginning to unpacking the last box: When I support a client in the process of a move, I make sure we start with a well-defined goal of what move day and living in the new space will look, work and feel like. It’s no wonder people stall on unpacking as ‘decision fatigue’ sets in. The second half of a move – the unpack – is where decisions will need to be made about where every single thing in those boxes is going to go in the new home. You are so caught up in the challenge and excitement of the first half of the hike that you don’t realize the second half is uphill. I like to tell my clients my favorite analogy – an adult move is more like hiking the Grand Canyon. Cardboard boxes are not designed for long term storage and they do not do well with ANY exposure to humidity.Īdult moves are hard and exhausting, not like in college when you and a group of friends could throw everything in a small truck, and you are done in half a day. Cardboard moving boxes are designed to protect goods in transit and to efficiently use the space in a moving truck. Most upsetting of all, as we finally open those boxes, is finding the contents of those boxes have been damaged by rodents or mold. They share how upsetting it is when they can’t find treasured items since the last move and have no idea if those items were lost or are still in unpacked boxes. Clients tell me how stressful it is to have boxes hanging around in basements and guest rooms and garages.
In the 9 years that I’ve been running a professional organizing business, I’ve realized it is very common to find unopened boxes left over from the last move as we prepare for an upcoming move.
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