First of all I have moved 12 and now 13 times in 39 years. That is once every 3 years. Keep in mind that I did live in the same place for 11 of those years. Also 3 of the moves were just different dorm rooms/apartments during college. Also the last 4 have been with my husband. The others were because my father was in the military.
It is like a career with us. My sister has moved 18 times in 46 years and as we speak is inbetween homes, not really homeless but almost.
SO how do we do it? First reduce. Throw away anything that you have been hoarding: egg cartons, juice jugs, varios containers. Take library books back and return anything you have borrowed. Then go through clothes and get rid of faded, stained and holey anything. Even if you had it as a back up. It is now time to officailly let it go. Only keep enough rags to clean up the new home or the old one you are leaveing. A good goal for us is 1/3 of our household. Nothing misses inspection.
In the past if I had extra time before hand I would have a yard sale not this time. Extra clothes will go to the Goodwill. Freecycle and Craigslist will also be used.
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