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I’ve moved cross-country twice and was fortunate enough to have both moves paid for, including packing. Professional packers are amazing. The first time was tw

by js2 9y ago

I’ve moved cross-country twice and was fortunate enough to have both moves paid for, including packing. Professional packers are amazing. The first time was two guys to pack a 1,200 sq ft apartment, the second time three guys to pack a 1,500 sq ft home. Both times they were done in less than a half day. The only “unfortunate” part is you end up moving crap you probably should’ve sold or tossed. Having to pack and/or move your own stuff is a great motivator to prune.

ufmace 9y ago
That's the trade-off all right. A lot of the extra time that you spend packing your own stuff is looking at every single thing and deciding whether you really want to move it, or sell it or trash it instead. It's a lot faster to just pack everything without having to think about that. Having all of the boxes of the right types and all of the packing paper that you need at hand helps too. But then, yeah, you do end up with a lot of stuff you don't need if you aren't forced to prune like this ever so often.