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- Give yourself plenty of time: If possible, start preparing for the move 8 weeks prior to your moving date.
- Figure out the best moving method for you: Determine whether you should pack everything into your car and drive yourself, if you need to rent a moving truck, or have a professional moving company pack your belongings and transport them for you.
- Strong boxes are a must: It is important to have nice, durable moving boxes since they will be holding all of your important belongings. Many manufacturing plants have boxes that you can have for free.
- Pare down your belongings: Really go through everything and figure out what you don’t really need. Things will be much easier if you can pack only the necessities and either sell, give away, or throw away those items that you don’t really need such as that spare toaster.
- Keep important documents close by: Find all important papers, such as birth certificates, insurance documents, passports, etc. and put them in clearly labeled folders. You may want to even keep these folders with you and not packed away to ensure that nothing important is lost.
- Label boxes and take inventory: If you are having a company move your things for you, consider taking photos of your boxes to make sure that everything arrives at your new home. Label all boxes so that you can have an idea of where to put the boxes once they arrive at your new location and it will make unpacking so much easier.