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Moving is a pain in the ass
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He's doing better now. Thanks for asking my good sir.
Girlfriend of 5 years decided that the evening my father had a heart attack would be a good night to cheat on me. Walked in on her and another dude so I'm getting the hell out of dodge. Got the uhaul this evening after work and started loading up. Tomorrow begins the bachelor pad apartment lifestyle
Dude! you are a free man!!! Moving is the best thing for you!!! Just remember to plug the bathtub and keep it running when you finally walk out that door as a free man.
what I hate about real estate is that if you buy it, you can't take it without wherever you go. You have to convert it into dollars or debt and that's a major pain in the butt. You can't walk out in 5 minutes or less because of that real estate and I hate being physically bound to some thing like a house, condo, etc etc.
I used to sell pianos. A friend of mine is a pernicious entrepreneur. We were having a hard time finding piano movers. He bought a truck and started moving them. I got on one end of a few pianos with him. Gravity pulls hard on pianos. They're no joke.
I heard basically the same thing, the two most stressful things in a relationship are money issues and moving.
A timely thread necro. We're buying a house hundreds of miles away, closing in roughly two months. After living in the same place for more than a decade, I know I have to methodically go through everything of mine and weed out what I can--and I have to start well in advance, something I don't have a good track record of doing. (And my wife has already started on her stuff.)
I hired a mover for the last move, and that was local. We're absolutely hiring movers again, I'm getting too old and we have too much furniture now to do it ourselves.
I hired a mover for the last move, and that was local. We're absolutely hiring movers again, I'm getting too old and we have too much furniture now to do it ourselves.
@GregC rather than go through it piece by piece, pitch anything you haven't used for six months. Anything not seasonal at least.
When we moved from New Hampshire to Washington State in 2013, we had boxes of stuff we moved to New Hampshire from Washington State that we never opened in the two years we lived in New Hampshire. Rather than drag all of that junk back to Washington State, we pitched it.
-Mike
When we moved from New Hampshire to Washington State in 2013, we had boxes of stuff we moved to New Hampshire from Washington State that we never opened in the two years we lived in New Hampshire. Rather than drag all of that junk back to Washington State, we pitched it.
-Mike
I think I was never happier than when all my stuff fit on my motorcycle. We spend much of our lives imagining that the more stuff we have the happier we will be. But the opposite is true. Getting rid of stuff gives me a good feeling. I still have way too much stuff.
There is further wisdom in these suggestions to hire a moving company.
There is further wisdom in these suggestions to hire a moving company.
Totally agree @Old Fart with those sentiments. It is quite liberating to let things go and free yourself of material things. Everytime I find myself saying 'I might need that', I counter to myself with 'you might not', and off it goes. Haven't regretted that decision once in the seven years I have been living that way.
-Mike
-Mike
I wish I was strong enough to do that. We have a three-car garage that I can barely fit one car in. Why? Because the other two bays are filled with things 'I might need someday'.
As I mentioned earlier in this thread, we moved four times in six years, and after the first move, I left most of the stuff in boxes, knowing that a couple of the moves were going to be temporary stops. Trouble is, now that we're in our semi-forever home (for seven years now), I STILL have stuff in those same boxes I haven't used since I placed them in the garage. Once or twice a year I pull out everything with the intention of getting rid of a lot of it, and while I do end up taking a pick-up load to Salvation Army each time, most of it usually ends up going right back in. Because, you know, I might need that someday.
One way to be successful @dwm74 my friend is to do it slowly. It took me two years to part with my lifetime of things I accumulated. Looking at it in one big pile and someone suggesting to me that I get rid of it was greeted with a 'that ain't gonna happen' response.
Instead, I chipped away at it here and there gradually. The mental peace and feelings of satisfaction far outweighed any perceived anxiety I created in my mind at the thought of letting go of something I might need some day. Here I am now though, almost back down to 100 things. Every piece of clothing I own can fit in one suitcase, shoes included.
It's as they say, no one looks back on their life in their dying moments and regrets things they didn't purchase. Or in the context of this conversation, regrets getting rid of things they thought they might need.
-Mike
Instead, I chipped away at it here and there gradually. The mental peace and feelings of satisfaction far outweighed any perceived anxiety I created in my mind at the thought of letting go of something I might need some day. Here I am now though, almost back down to 100 things. Every piece of clothing I own can fit in one suitcase, shoes included.
It's as they say, no one looks back on their life in their dying moments and regrets things they didn't purchase. Or in the context of this conversation, regrets getting rid of things they thought they might need.
-Mike
The last time I moved, U-Haul couldn't find the keys to the truck I have reserved! Al they had available to me werre much smaller trucks, which meant that I have to make make two trips.
That meant that everything we owned, that didn't fit into load number one, was sitting on our driveway until we came back for it!!!!
Luckily, we had great neighbours who kept an eye on things for us.
Fishheadjoe
That meant that everything we owned, that didn't fit into load number one, was sitting on our driveway until we came back for it!!!!
Luckily, we had great neighbours who kept an eye on things for us.
Fishheadjoe
I wish I was strong enough to do that. We have a three-car garage that I can barely fit one car in. Why? Because the other two bays are filled with things 'I might need someday'.
As I mentioned earlier in this thread, we moved four times in six years, and after the first move, I left most of the stuff in boxes, knowing that a couple of the moves were going to be temporary stops. Trouble is, now that we're in our semi-forever home (for seven years now), I STILL have stuff in those same boxes I haven't used since I placed them in the garage. Once or twice a year I pull out everything with the intention of getting rid of a lot of it, and while I do end up taking a pick-up load to Salvation Army each time, most of it usually ends up going right back in. Because, you know, I might need that someday.
Have you ever needed it, though?
