(The second of my moving tips – read #1, #3, #4, #5 and #6)
27 days to possession
Pack it up, pack it in, let me begin. If you’ve got a move on the horizon – and/or, like me, you hate where you live – there’s no reason not to start packing today. Cathartic, cleansing, cupboard space!
Packing for real – or just playing at packing – really is the most joyous occasion to cull. Head to the kitchen – you’ve my full permission.
To the kitchen, I said!
- Empty all the cupboards now, no matter your future move date, and take stock.
- Chuck out the gross canned tuna that you’ll never eat anyway. Bleh.
- Got enough dry goods to last you through the apocalypse? Start eating. That stuff’s heavy!
- Start stacking your empty storage jars inside each other.
- Lots of crap? Get your Craigslist on.
It’ll be much easier to set up your new kitchen if there’s less stuff to put away. And maybe your nice special friend will take you out to dinner if there’s nothing to eat at home.
- Once you’ve eaten your way through 60 lbs of pasta, rice, lentils and oatmeal, buy only small amounts until you’ve moved.
- Less food, less stuff, will buy some time to get organized with the canisters and glossy kilner jars you’ve always wanted. Shiny.
Have a scary kitchen junk drawer?
I have two. Empty the contents out and root through that which you use daily. Put it back in the drawer. For things that have only seasonal applications – pumpkin-shaped cookie cutters – pack them and seal it up. It’s a solemn promise to yourself: I will move before I need these.
*Very important kitchen packing tip*
If you have someone else in the house who thinks he or she is invited to your culling party, do it while they’re out. I had to convince Paolo at length why I needed two hard-boiled egg slicers. Boys just don’t understand.
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