1. The amount of "stuff" you own is indirectly proportional to the amount of time to have to pack it. 2. The closer you get to a moving date, the less fussy you'll be about keeping things. Things that were "Priority 2" at the begining, quickly get downgraded to "maybe it will be just easier to buy another", two days before moving out. 3. Only half of your time will be spent actually packing things logically, the rest will be spent on putting items into one of eight piles.
Things that you've borrowed and don't actually own.
Things that don't belong in the room and actually need to be logically packed with another room.
Things you either need right up until the end or required within days of moving.
Things you need, but can live without for a few weeks or months.
Things you need on occasional basis like reference books. Study material etc.
Things you can sell.
Things you can donate.
Rubbish.
4. You quickly discover you don't have the space to put things into eight piles. 5. You'll "discover" things that were "lost", only to "lose" them again in the move. 6. Things wil dissapear before you move. 7. Face it... some items you are not going to find for months. 8. If you buy an item that has been "lost" when you get to the new house, you can guarentee it will turn up within the month. 9. You will never fail to be surpised at the amount of stuff you've got and even more amazed at how it all fitted into one house.
