1. Start by setting your budget
A lot of people hesitate to do the budgeting until the last moment, believing that it’s better to live in ignorance than to face the potential costs right away. Unfortunately, this is not how it goes. By knowing just how big expenses you will have to deal with, you can get more time to adequately prepare for the actual move.
We always fear what we don’t know and in this way, you can cross at least one item off this list. Here, you have to include the cost of hiring a moving company, packing supplies, as well as the preparation of your target destination/cleaning up your current residence.
2. Less expensive is less stressful
Another thing you should understand is the fact that less expensive often means less stress-intensive. This is one more reason why you need to budget and adjust your move costs as soon as possible.
For instance, instead of hiring a moving company or getting an extra truck, you can move some of the items on your own. For this, you might be forced to modify your ride a bit and in order not to damage it permanently, you should probably go to an auto service and ask for some help. While this is not free, the difference in cost is simply staggering.
3. Try to handle it all in one go
The more you prolong the move the worse it will be, which is why you need to wrap things up as much as possible, in the shortest possible time span. Some people believe that this means creating a short stress-intense period instead of stretching this to several days but not even this is the case.
You see, the stress mostly comes from anticipation and overthinking, not from exhaustion. In the heat of the moment, you won’t have much time or energy to overthink anything, which will further help you cope with this entire situation. In other words, make sure to make your move-day as intense as possible.
4. Plan and make lists
Another thing that contributes to your stress levels during the move is panic created by the fact that you’ve forgotten something important. Luckily, you can skip this by starting your preparation period in time and planning everything there is.
To-do lists can be particularly efficient, seeing as how it is easy to stick to them, yet, apart from composing them, you also have to schedule them properly. For instance, you need to declutter your target destination before your furniture arrives and not after. When it comes to cleaning up your home, the opposite is true.
5. You don’t have to do it alone
While some people are simply control-freaks and feel like they have to do it all on their own, others feel overburdened when faced with the prospect of facing a challenge on their own. If you count yourself amongst the latter, you need to learn how to delegate certain responsibilities to the other family members or even ask some of your friends to step up. After all, you don’t have to do this alone and turning your move into a group effort definitely might help.
6. Be flexible
Finally, some people may misinterpret the planning stage and start falsely believing that failing to stick to the plan brings certain ruin and, therefore, more stress. In reality, things seldom go according to plan and the list or schedule you’ve made should only act as general guidelines on how your move should be conducted.
You shouldn’t be afraid to deviate from your plan if the situation dictates it, seeing as how this might be necessary for some situations. Therefore, flexibility is one of the most important skills for stress-free moving.
In conclusion
At the very end, you need to understand that the move is a process that consumes two valuable resources, effort and money. In order to make it less stressful, you need to control how much of these resources is your move about to consume. Luckily, with the above-listed six ideas, you can make this move both simpler and more frugal. Apart from this, feel free to independently explore other methods that might help you out in this respect.
