Moving is definitely a highly stressful event that many people experience more than once during their lifetime. Making arrangements for the move and handling the actual movement of your home furnishings can make you exhausted and stressed out. But when you have some tips to make the process easier, you will be surprised about the stress reduction it can provide you. Here are some helpful details to consider when you are planning an upcoming move to make the event easier.

Manage Possessions and Furnishings

When you are facing a move, often the number of possessions and furnishings you have in your home can be overwhelming to you. As you begin to pack and box up everything, it is common to realize you have accumulated a lot of things in the time you have resided in that home. If you consider every time you go shopping for non-perishables, they remain in your home and clutter it up unless you get rid of items in the process. So, a great way to help your move go more smoothly is to go through your home and eliminate excess items and minimize your stuff.

Make three piles during this process: one to donate or sell, one to throw away, and one pile to keep. Only keep the items you know you will use and if you have not used the item within the past year, it is highly possible you don't really need it. And decide if you have time to arrange a garage sale on a Saturday to sell a lot of the items; otherwise, donate them to a local charity and save you an entire day devoted to a garage sale.

Arrange For Movers

Movers helping you in relocation can be a great resource to take a large amount of the burden off for the physical move. If you are working with military relocation, your military benefits will likely include this service. Otherwise, you can hire a local moving company to complete all of or some of the move, depending on your budget and needs. For example, if you are having to pay for the movers yourself and your budget is limited, you can box up your own possessions over a period of several days or weeks, then hire a moving team to move your items into their truck, deliver them to your new place, and unload them into your new home.

Your moving team will inventory your boxes and furniture in the move to help account for everything to arrive at your new location. As items are moved off the moving truck and into your new home, you can check off each item as it arrives. This process can be streamlined to help you move boxes and furnishings into specific rooms at your new home, which will help in your household set-up. For example, move beds and bedding into each bedroom when your movers are unpacking to help you set up sleeping areas for your first night of rest at the new home.