Who's working on decluttering before a move?

[Ancientoak]

Originally Posted by JonathanLB

We are 3 days away now! Basically everything is in boxes. We will be the ultimate minimalists for 7 weeks - minimal rented furniture in our two bedroom apartment and everything being brought there is either 1) items that will be Goodwilled before we drive 1,000 miles to our new home or 2) Items that can fit into two cars (suitcases, laptops, pillows, etc.). It’s not going to be much fun but it’s the home stretch as the dream home finishes construction and upgrades.

I think fair to say the declutter is finally complete. It was aggressive and I think I netted $10,000 to $12,000 after shipping, eBay fees, boxing, etc. Maybe 8 car loads to Goodwill.

I envy you. It must be nice to be finally done! I have days when I feel totally overwhelmed by this process.

[JonathanLB]

Originally Posted by Ancientoak

I envy you. It must be nice to be finally done! I have days when I feel totally overwhelmed by this process.

I hear you! I had so many of those days too, where it felt like it was just never ending. All you can do is keep plugging away and trust that you’re making a dent each day even if it’s a small one. I’m still so stressed though, I’ve never had quite this level of craziness over a sustained time. I wrote and directed a feature film (that I also assisted in some producing capacity) and that was probably about equal but shorter duration of true stress. Right now I’m trying to coordinate last details of the first move, we haven’t locked down a handyman to finish the final buyer requests before closing next Friday, and the moving company can’t even give me a day yet! July 16-18, and here we are not knowing which. To make matters worse the apartment has 1 parking spot; I have to leave my car up at my dads. So that means trying to figure out how I can do all of the move related stuff (doc signing Monday, fitness equipment take apart through this service Tuesday, move Tuesday - Thursday?) with just the one car and my fiancé has her own appointments and work to do.

I tend to chuckle a bit when things are crazy and stressful because what else can you do?! This week I found out the closing date of the next house and the walk through before closing, and that has meant a ton of other phone calls related to post-closing meetings, so it’s just insane I can’t focus on actually moving this week 100% I have to divide my mind and my time between getting out of here and arranging the next house. Part of me is wondering why I even bothered with the apartment considering I’m visiting a friend July 20-24, going to Vegas July 31 to August 9 or 10, visiting that friend again sometime in the 10 days after that for 3 more days (he’s my best friend so trying to get some time in here), and then back to Vegas for a week at the end of August to accept delivery of the stuff, washer / dryer delivery, etc. I will barely even be in this apartment which is probably not a bad thing ha ha.