@daily
The Daily Swell
@dailyย ยทย 1:14

What're your moving tips? ๐Ÿ 

And I think having some more space will make the pandemic Blues a bit more bearable. So I'm wondering for those of you who have had to move weather once or multiple times, if you have any tips, I feel like every time I move, I'm sort of scrambling or I don't quite know how to pack well, and I'm not necessarily great at figuring out the best way to get everything to my new location

The good and the ugly, let's hear it!

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@Taylor
Taylor J
@Taylorย ยทย 1:14
I've moved probably six times in my life and have definitely picked up a few tips and tricks along the way. One if you do not have a Dolly or some sort of cart with wheels available to you, try to get a skateboard or a longboard from a friend friend. They really come in handy with moving small boxes or small pieces of furniture. Another thing I would say is if you have the time to pack early, pack early and pack room by room, do not mix anything up
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@bowie
Bowie Rowan
@bowieย ยทย 1:51

@CaliGooner Genius!

I do indeed have a skateboard and I will definitely be using it this week as I'm shuttling along smaller boxes and everything. I'm also glad you mentioned not mixing things up in boxes because I think that I have made my life a lot more complicated in the past by just shoving things into various boxes and then either not being able to find stuff for a while or it just being a real pain when I start unpacking. So that was also very helpful
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@Swell
Swell Team
@Swellย ยทย 0:15

Welcome to Swell!

@SeekingPlumb

Moving tips brain dump. lol

And if by chance, that masking tape blends into the background, take a marker and just put an X on the masking tape. It'll make it stand out a little better, although it's not exactly necessary. A tape done is handy. Sometimes you can just fold the corners over, though, and still make that box close up. But I highly recommend labeling your box in two ways. One to list the room that you want that box to go to
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@daily
The Daily Swell
@dailyย ยทย 1:05

@SeekingPlumb Thank you!

This was so helpful. Thank you so much. Seeking poem. I really needed several of those tips because the book thing is a real issue because I have way too many and I have have made the mistake in the past of accidentally packing too many books into a larger box and then not being able to lift it on my own. I've done that a couple of times, actually. So that's something I'm really going to try to avoid this time around
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