Long-distance and Short-distance Moving Tips

If you are self-employed, you completely understand that old proverb that says time is money. Your time is valuable, especially since you don't get paid vacation. Any time off you take impacts your wallet, which makes many life circumstances quite challenging. One very time consuming event is moving. The amount of work that is involved is enough to make your head spin.

Moving can leave so little time for anything, especially for work. Moving can also be extremely stressful, especially when moving your home office and other equipment and materials you may need for work. Fortunately, there are several things to consider that can help.

Prepare Yourself & Your Clients

According to Huffington Post, moving is one of the most stressful situations in life. It's important to prepare yourself mentally for the transition as well as to inform your clients so they can be prepared for any possible delays during your move.

In order to prepare yourself mentally, it's important to have the right mental attitude, which can be sensed by your clients when you speak with them. The last thing they'll want to hear is any hesitation or negativity in your voice.

If you don't already have a PO box for work-related mail, now is the time to get one. Have your mail forwarded directly to the PO box instead of your new home address. The reason to do this is two-fold. One, you'll be able to easily keep track of all work-related mail as it comes in so none of it gets lost among all the boxes while you unpack. Two, a PO box will allow you and your family to have some anonymity, at least in regards to your home address.

Pack Work-Related Essentials Yourself

Since you are self-employed and, therefore, likely to want to continue working as long as possible before the move and delve into work as quickly as possible after the move, it's a good idea to pack all the essentials you need for work yourself. This could be just your laptop or a desktop computer or carpentry tools for your deck building business.

Take a look at your upcoming work schedule and decide what items and materials you absolutely need to have with you instead of getting placed on a moving truck. Keep these items set aside with instructions to the moving company to not touch them. That way, you can work up until the last possible minute before you close the doors of your old home behind you and start working again as soon as you turn the front door key to your new home.

Hire Movers to Pack & Unpack

Hire a residential moving company to not only move your furniture and belongings but to pack and unpack as well. While hiring movers to do it all may seem expensive, as was stated earlier: time is money. Residential moving services like D N R Movers Cincinnati know what they are doing and can do it quickly. What could take you two weeks to pack could take a professional moving company two days to pack. Use your time wisely and earn money instead of packing and unpacking everything yourself.

Also, depending on your type of work, physically packing, moving, and unpacking is strenuous work that could affect your ability to get back to work earning an income. Muscle strains and fatigue are common ailments for those who are inexperienced and unfit for such strenuous work as moving an entire household worth of furniture and belongings. If you do choose to do some or all of the work yourself, protect your back and stay hydrated!