Moving house

[ZebraAutismo]

Anyone have any tips for managing anxiety when moving house. Hate moving my stuff and avery time Is see a mess I have melt down and can’t pack. My anxiety sickness and sweats have started again.

 

[Streetwise]

here's a thought what makes you feel really calm ,when I was moving I was so glad to be getting away from the area we lived in.
what is the strongest reason for moving !I think what I'm saying would be categorised as mindfulness.
we moved because it was unbearable.
could somebody help you ?!

 

[Otenba]

Best thing I can think to suggest is break each room into little sections (like do a bookcase shelf one at a time, for example), so you're not doing too much at once. Moving is very stressful thing to do in life, so do your best. Hope the move goes well and you love your new home.

 

[tree]

Label any boxes clearly, according to which room
and include a list of what is IN the box.

 

[tlc]

Think of the predicament you will be in if you don't do the job. For me, that was more important than the difficult task of moving. I moved after being in a house for 17 1/2 years. Hardest part was it was the only home my daughter ever knew. All alone, no help, and had to occupy part of my trailer with the snowblower so I could even get IN the driveway every night after work. And every night unpack it at the new place. At first I couldn't believe what I was doing, how it seemed I was wrecking all I've worked for. But the repercussions of not following through would be immense, both financially, and the growing stress of being in an HOA that I desperately wanted out of. This was my opportunity. I said it many times, if I could have picked up that house with a helicopter and plopped it in the middle of nowhere, I'd have done it in a minute. I loved that house. Just couldn't stand where it was.

I say just start packing. Anything. If you try and work it all out perfect before you get started, you'll never start. You gotta start somehow. Start with a room/area that you don't spend a lot of time in. You'll get better as you go, and by the time you get to the important stuff, you'll pretty much have it figured out the best way to do it. Besides you'll probably want to save your most used stuff till last anyway, and unpack it first.

 

[Aidan49]

Keep yourself busy.

 

[clg114]

My wife and I have decided that we are going to move into a smaller house this year. We are having trouble keeping up with this big house. I like this house but it is just to much work to keep clean and keep up with the big yard. The actual move will not be to bad, we have three sons and two sons in law. I am sure we can get them to move us over a weekend. We are going to try to move out in the country. I have had enough of the HOA and neighbors on every side. It will be a bittersweet move, but a needed one.

 

[Progster]

Some really good advice here already - keep thinking of why you are moving, pack in stages, one room at a time, label boxes, and get someone to help you (you can supervise so you know what is going into which box).

 

[Catana]

Moving is the best time to decide what's really important to keep. Get rid of everything you've been hanging onto that isn't a necessary part of your life (for whatever reason). I've moved many times, and part of the process is to have yard sales. If that's too much, just give the good stuff to a charity and throw the rest away. At least you'll have less to pack. And like the others said, mark the boxes clearly so you know where everything is because the chances are good that you won't unpack the whole mess the first day.

 

[Mia]

Approach the packing in parts, this area and that area and in that way it will be less overwhelming as a whole. You could either use a grid system, and pack each area on the grid, or simply pack areas with the most things. Moving on to the next area, approaching each area in a room as a part.