![]() ![]() (Call it my penance for possession, similar to why I use eBay.) I’m usually a proponent of rent-your-own-moving-truck-but outfitting one with a car seat for a 3000+ mile drive was not an option. Maybe I’m just a glutton for punishment, but I feel that if I’ve accumulated stuff, it’s my responsibility to pack it up and schlep it around. She seemed genuinely surprised and delighted when we unpacked the same stuff-“that’s OUR couch!!!”-into our new apartment. And after uprooting the poor girl from the only life she’d ever known, we felt that maintaining some familiarity would help ease the transition. ![]() But the cost and hassle (and in some cases, impossibility) of replacing her favorite books, toys, and other possessions outweighed the benefits. And if we didn’t have a child, we would have made it happen. We really wanted to do this, and even went so far as to itemize replacement costs. We have a friend who still thanks us for the iPod speakers we gave him before our overseas move. This strategy can also generate a tremendous amount of goodwill amongst your family, friends, and neighbors. For the price of transporting it, you may be able to replace it with stuff you like better. If you’re not particularly attached to your stuff, or it’s not all that nice or valuable to begin with, give some serious thought to leaving it all behind. ![]() Spend at least a moment considering the extreme: selling or otherwise disbursing of all your stuff and starting over.Ī long-distance move can be expensive not just $$ expensive, but $$$$$ expensive. So I thought I’d share some survival techniques with anyone else considering such an endeavor.ġ. Having a 3-year-old made it a little more challenging…but you know what? It was still very doable, and dare I say, kind of fun. Well, I just did it again-this time from one coast of the US to the other. Many of you are familiar with the BIG moves of my recent past- over to London, and then back to the US a few years later. Or I’d neighborhood-hop, so as to experience living in different parts of a city. When I was tied to a certain location, I’d use architecture as an excuse-as in, let’s see what it’d be like to live in an old Victorian, or a high rise, or an industrial loft. Have I ever mentioned that I love to move? Crazy, I know-but ever since college I’ve barely been able to stay in one place for a year before I’m itching to pack up again. ![]()
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