How to Meet Your Moving Time Deadlines
You need to set realistic time deadlines for moving tasks such as sorting and disposal, packing and cleaning to be done before move day. Then you need to strive to keep them. This way you will be fully prepared for your ultimate time deadline of move day as compared to going half-insane with pressure if you procrastinate and wait until the last minute to try to get everything ready.
If people are going to help you sort, clean and pack, then make a party day out of it, giving yourself plenty of hours to get everything done. A Saturday or Sunday usually works best because people are off from work and have spare time available. Have cleaning supplies and packing materials handy so that trips to the store are not necessary. This is a good time to use up your old cleaning supplies so that you won’t have to move them on moving day. Have refreshments available for nibbling all through the party but do not bring out alcoholic beverages until everything is done.
Confirm your moving date and time with all of your moving personnel well in advance. Plan to have an early breakfast at a nearby restaurant that you pay for on your day of
If possible, plan for a second day to finish the move out of your old residence because you may need extra time to finish everything and to clean up at either location. But if you must move in one day, when you confirm their planned participation request tha everyone plan to stay with you until the very end.
Try to get way more than enough people to commit to you to help you with your move. Make a hard job easy! On moving day, things will get done very rapidly and easily if more than enough people are helping. And please be aware that some committed people will not make it on moving day for one reason or another, so by having more than enough people pre-committed, you’ll end up with at least just enough when this happens.
