Making the Move Easier

Moving locations is rough. We all know it. While I'm not often prone to exaggerated complaining, I personally find moving to be completely and thoroughly soul-crushing. OK, so maybe that's just a little over the top.

Part of my disdain for the moving process comes from college, where I moved apartments every single summer. My wife and I also moved twice in our first few years of marriage, bringing the grand total to 6 moves in 6 years. We had sworn off moving for quite awhile until just last month, when we bought our first home. Early in the process, we decided that we were going to try hiring movers instead of doing everything on our own or with the help of friends that would forever scorn us for making them lift boxes full of my video games.

This was my first time to experience the help of a moving company, and I don't think I can ever go back. While moving will never be easy, hiring some professionals to carry my junk around really made a huge difference. It made me wonder why people ever try to move on their own, so I thought I'd make a little poll and find out how many readers out there have used movers.

Got any moving horror/triumph stories? Feel free to share. For moving help, be sure to check out the WhiteFence move center.

Comments

[Jodi]

My girlfriend recently hosted a packing party prior to her move (she hired movers). Several of us joined her for idle chit-chat, laughing, wine and munchies and, of course, packing. We even brought boxes and newspaper. We had fun and she saved a little dough.