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| A Moving Experience: 10 Tips for a good move |
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Put different colored stickers on boxes sorted by room in your new home. Then place a matching colored balloon on the door of the appropriate room. |
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Pack a "survival box" of items you'll need immediately on arrival. This should include such items as light-bulbs, linens, garbage bags, soap, and tools. Don't pack it in the van. |
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Schedule your usual rounds. Get your haircut, car serviced, and prescriptions filled shortly before the move. This eases the pressure of finding new services right away. |
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Send out change-of-address cards. Creditors, insurance companies, friends, magazine subscriptions, and utility companies should be high on your list. Your local post office has change-of-address kits filled with cards and a helpful checklist. Leave a forwarding address with the post office when you know where your new home will be. And have a good, safe move. |
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Develop a master "to do" list. Your mover is sure to have one. Set up a calendar with dates keyed to when tasks on your list need to be completed. |
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Sort through belongings and eliminate stuff you no longer need. Ask yourself, when was the last time I used this? How does it make me feel? What's the worst thing that could happen is I didn't have it? If you experience a great degree of hesitancy, keep it. |
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Recycle belongings you're leaving behind. Garage sales are great for this as well as profitable. Donations to homeless shelters, hospitals, and schools also can be rewarding. |
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Use up supplies that are not transportable. About a month before the move, use up cleaning supplies and eat your way through the freezer items. |
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Pack "like" items together. Games, pet supplies, photos, and toys are some of the items that should be grouped by kind and packed together. |
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Organize moving documents and place them in a portable file box to take with you on moving day. Keep important papers together: the moving registration number, the driver's name and vehicle number, and the name and phone number of the moving company at point of origin and destination; include your personal address book in case you need to reach someone. |
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