So you’ve decided to finally take the plunge and move into your dream home.  But before you can celebrate, there are a million things you have to do before the big day that clutters your brain: Sell your home, hire moving services, arrange transportation, pack, register your kids in a new school…and you thought picking a home was the hard part. Since we can’t put our lives on hold to get it all done, moving can be very stressful, but it does not have to be. Utilizing the following tips will help make your move more enjoyable.

What to do?

First, create a “to do” list. Remember to include the following: booking a moving service, buying packing materials, filing your change of address form, and making arrangements for pets. In addition to work, daily housework, weekly chores, and errands, you may feel flustered by these additional tasks, but getting organized in a schedule can help relieve the clutter in your brain. Create a weekly schedule to include tasks from your list. At the beginning of each week, review your schedule and stick to it!

Filter it out

What about all those old boxes in the storage room? You know, the stuff you’ve kept all these years but you’re not really sure why.  Since you don’t want to be packing things that you will just throw away after the move, take some time (more…)