Top 8 Tips for student moving
Student moving
You are a student and you have to move, but you don’t have enough time. You have your finals coming and you are already quite stressed. We offer you some key tips to pay attention at. These will help you to cope with the annoying job much more faster.
Student moving has its own unique specifics. If you are moving for the summer, you definitely need to find a summer storage facility for your belongings. This can be a bit stressful when you are rushed to do a couple of things at once. So you need to be well organized and prepared.
Here are some tips that will help you with your student move.
1. Use a moving checklist. Making a checklist will help you to organize your time better. When you are running on a tight schedule it is very important not to miss anything.
Make yourself a checklist in which you describe in details everything that needs to be done before, and after, your move. Put a time frame for every single job and then follow it precisely.
2. Leave any unnecessary items. Avoid moving anything that you don’t really need. Give items you don’t need to a friend or sell them, but avoid moving them if they are useless. Probably if you don’t need them now, you most likely won’t use them later either. Plus, if you have some old clothes or books you can give them to charity. This way you will save a lot of your valuable time and most importantly, you will do something good.
3. Get some help from you friends. Your move will be a lot faster and easier if your friends help you with the packing. Ask some close friends and colleagues if they give you hand. Your moving may turn into a pleasant teamwork. The more help you get, the better results you will achieve.
4. Packing Supplies. Get proper packing supplies from your mover. Most of the movers offer packing supplies at additional cost, but get the proper packing supplies. Yes, it will cost extra, but you will have the proper boxes and supplies and you will save a lot of time and further troubles. Take good care of all your belongings. The most important is to transport them safely.
5. Pack your belongings room by room. Room by room. Pack on a room-by-room basis will eliminate a confusion and save a lot of time when you’re unpacking. When you have to pack yourself everything packing room by room will significantly ease the whole job. Start with belongings that you use rarely and leave the most often used items for last.
6. Use the A-B-C system. You don’t need to unpack everything right away after you have moved, so it’s a good idea to use the a-b-c system to label your moving boxes. Simply write “a” on the boxes that you need to unpack immediately after you’ve moved and “c” on the boxes that can wait. Using that simple system will help you to unpack much quickly after you have moved to your new apartment or house.
7.Label you boxes carefully. It’s essential to label all of your boxes the right way. Be sure to write on each box what exactly you have put in it. It will be quite hard for you to find out everything when you have 50 boxes that look like pretty much the same. Felt pens are superb solution for labeling boxes. Write information such as their contents, destination room, fragile or this side up. It is a good idea to make a master list, so you’ll know what is in each box.
8. Start packing early. Of course the best way to avoid problems and stress is to start packing early. Moving is a very stressful time, so start packing two or three weeks earlier if you can.
Think over your plan again. Before you start packing revise your plan with everyone who is involved. This will help with your packing and will ensure that things will run smoothly.
If your a student living at a dorm odds are you don’t have that much stuff. A bean bag chair, some books, maybe a computer. As long as your careful packing, you should be good to go.